A few days ago
Anonymous

How do you do this?

Im doing homework on revising: sentence fragments. I need help on a few that I don’t understand. I think that they are not suppose to be changed because some do not have to but this is them:

– The human substitute for pheromones may be perfumes. Most common in ancient times were musk and other fragrances derived from animal oils.

^^^ I think that one is correct but Im not sure?^^^

– Some people say that people began using perfumes to cover up the smell of burning flesh. During sacrifices to the gods.

I put >>> Some people say that people began using perfumes to cover up the smell of burning flesh during sacrifices to the gods.

-The earliest historical documents from the Middle East record the use of fragrances. Not only in religious ceremonies but on the body.

I put>>> The earliest historical documents from the Middle East record the use of fragrances not only in religious cermonies but on the body.

Top 3 Answers
A few days ago
Durian

Favorite Answer

Kittylover’s wrong. The first one’s correct as is. The 3rd one needs a comma where the period was. You did the 2nd one right too.

In your 3 examples, the 2nd thing is a fragment because there is no verb. But the 2nd sentence of the first one has a verb, so it’s not a fragment. The phrasing is more bookish than kittylover’s suggested alternative, but that doesn’t mean it’s a fragment.

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A few days ago
Kittylover
You did the last two correctly! Good job!

The first one is a fragment though.

What was “most common”?

You could say: “the most common perfumes in ancient times were musk and other fragrances derived from animal oils.”

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A few days ago
Abby
You need some commas in there, but I believe your answers are correct. The first sentence is a complete sentence, and you fixed the other two just as they should be.

good job. A+ for you!

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