Read this sentence fragment; The boat in the harbor.

This is a fragment because:

A. it contains only five words.

B. it is missing a verb.

C. it is missing a subject.

D. it is missing both a subject and a verb.

B. it is missing a verb.

D.) It's missing a verb.

Explanation:

Saying the ''boat is in the harbor'' is just plain

and boring and not saying anything. What is the boat doing? If you say

''the boat is ducking at the the harbor'' then that would have been more

acceptable.