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Sentence Vs. Fragment

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A complete sentence requires a subject, a predicate, and a complete thought that can stand alone. A sentence fragment is incomplete because it is missing a subject, verb, or both, or does not express a complete thought on its own. Dependent clauses are fragments that have a subject and verb but do not express a complete thought independently and need to be combined with an independent clause to form a complete sentence. Providing additional context or information can fix sentence fragments by making the thought complete.

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Sentence and Fragments
Sentence ? What is a complete sentence? A complete sentence is not merely a group of words with a capital letter at the beginning and a period or question mark at the end. A complete sentence has three components: ? a subject (the actor in the sentence) ? a predicate (the verb or action), and ? a complete thought (it can stand alone and make sense¡ªit's independent).
Sentence ? John waited for the bus all morning. ? John waited for the bus all morning in the rain last Tuesday.
Fragments ? A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Some fragments are incomplete because they lack either a subject or a verb, or both. The fragments that most students have trouble with, however, are dependent clauses ? They have a subject and a verb, so they look like complete sentences, but they don't express a complete thought. They're called "dependent" because they can't stand on their own.
Fragments ? Look at these dependent clauses. They're just begging for more information to make the thoughts complete: ? Because his car was in the shop (What did he do?) ? After the rain stops (What then?) ? When you finally take the test (What will happen?) ? Since you asked (Will you get the answer?) ? If you want to go with me (What should you do?)
Fixing a fragment ? John took the bus. ? John took the bus because his car was in the shop ? Practice http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi

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Sentence Vs. Fragment

  • 2. Sentence ? What is a complete sentence? A complete sentence is not merely a group of words with a capital letter at the beginning and a period or question mark at the end. A complete sentence has three components: ? a subject (the actor in the sentence) ? a predicate (the verb or action), and ? a complete thought (it can stand alone and make sense¡ªit's independent).
  • 3. Sentence ? John waited for the bus all morning. ? John waited for the bus all morning in the rain last Tuesday.
  • 4. Fragments ? A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. Some fragments are incomplete because they lack either a subject or a verb, or both. The fragments that most students have trouble with, however, are dependent clauses ? They have a subject and a verb, so they look like complete sentences, but they don't express a complete thought. They're called "dependent" because they can't stand on their own.
  • 5. Fragments ? Look at these dependent clauses. They're just begging for more information to make the thoughts complete: ? Because his car was in the shop (What did he do?) ? After the rain stops (What then?) ? When you finally take the test (What will happen?) ? Since you asked (Will you get the answer?) ? If you want to go with me (What should you do?)
  • 6. Fixing a fragment ? John took the bus. ? John took the bus because his car was in the shop ? Practice http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi