Which fragment could become a complete sentence by adding only a predicate?

a. was the deadliest storm of all time
b. one of the world’s most destructive storms
c. being more universal
d. more than a week after the storm

The correct answer is B. One of the world’s most destructive storms

Explanation:

In grammar, a sentence fragment refers to a group of words that go together but to do not express a complete thought and therefore are not classified as sentences but just as a fragment of them. In general terms, a complete sentence needs to have a subject or agent that performs or is related to the action and a predicate which contains a verb or main action and in some cases other words that explain the verb.

This means, if a fragment needs a predicate to be a complete sentence the fragment should only have the subject or agent of the sentence and lack the main action and in most cases a complement this is the case of the fragment "One of the world’s most destructive storms" that expresses a complete subject but does not have an action and a complement (predicate) and therefore could be completed by adding only a predicate such as "occurred in 2012" or "was Hurricane Katrina" that contains a verb and other words related to the verb or a predicate and that would create a complete thought or sentence.

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