Exercise
explain why each of the following groups of words is a fragment,
1. from 1970 to 1980, the number of retired people who moved from new
york to florida.
this is a fragment because
2. was more than double the number for the past decade,
this is a fragment because
3. these people who moved to new york, new jersey, and ohio.
this is a fragment because
4. tend to be poorer, older, and alone.
this is a fragment because

1. This is a fragment because the author does not say anything more about the people who moved from New York to Florida.

2. This is a fragment because the author does not complete saying what was double to the number for the past decade

3. This is a fragment because the author doesn't finish his/her sentence about the people who moved to New York, New Jersey, and Ohio.

4. This is a fragment because the author does not tell us what or who tends to be poorer, older, and alone.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

israel is a small country in the middle east about the size of the state of new jersey. the country has a diverse climate with snowy mountains in the north and the hot desert in the south. jordan, syria, and the palestinian authority all border israel to the east. lebanon serves as the northern border and egypt borders in the south.about two-thirds of the population was born in israel. all other israelis come from over 100 different countries. most israeli jews live a lifestyle similar to western europeans and north americans.israel's population is about 75 percent jewish; most of the rest is arab. the israeli-occupied palestinian territories have some 3.5 million inhabitants—about 11 percent jewish, 89 percent palestinian.because of israel's variety of terrain and climate, the country has a large variety of animals. boars roam the damp oak woodlands of the golan heights. caspian turtles live in the marshlands along the coast. and hyenas are prevalent in the negev desert region in the southern israel.israel is the only fully democratic country in the middle east. elections are held for seats in the knesset or parliament every four years. if a party wins 2 percent of the votes, the party gets one or more seats in parliament. no one party has control so they have to work together. the leader of the largest party becomes prime minister.the story of modern israel begins more than 3,500 years ago. most israelis are jews, who are said to be descended from the biblical figure abraham, through his son isaac.

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