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Which answer properly corrects the phrase fragment in italics?

To find his missing books. He had to search all over the house.

AHe had to search all over the house; finding his missing books.
BFinding his missing books. He had to search all over the house.
CTo find his missing books, he had to search all over the house.
DHe had to search all over his house, and to find his missing books.

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WorldlyGlass49

C is the correct answer, because it is the only option which sounds natural. In A, semi colon (;) is unnecessary. In the second example, there are two sentences, the first one is still a phrase fragment. D is not correct because of 'and', it is redundant.

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