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WHAT IS A FRAGMENT?

A complete sentence contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. However, a sentence fragment lacks some essential element of a sentence (such as a subject or verb) or does not express a complete thought. The following is an example of a sentence fragment with no subject:

Incorrect:

Were going to the mall after class.

(Who was going to the mall after class?) Correct: The students were going to the mall after class. • Missing subject • Missing verb • Dependent clause The following is an example of a sentence fragment with no verb: Incorrect: Unbelievably detailed maps on Google Earth.

What about the unbelievably detailed maps?)

Correct: Unbelievably detailed maps are found on Google Earth. A sentence that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought is also known as a dependent clause fragment. The following is an ex- ample of a dependent clause fragment:

Incorrect: If she feels like going.

Although there is a subject (she) and verb (feels) in this clause, it does not express a complete thought and is considered a fragment. Correct: If she feels like going, she will arrive later.

Incorrect: Until we arrived home.

Here the dependent clause fragment "until we arrived home" is a prepositional phrase. Correct: We did not fall asleep until we arrived home. Correct: Until we arrived home, we did not fall asleep. Incorrect: Jane always wears her seatbelt. Thinking it may save her life. Here the dependent clause fragment "thinking it may save her life" is a participial phrase. Correct: Thinking it may save her life one day, Jane always wears her seatbelt. Correct: Jane always wears her seatbelt. She thinks one day it might save her life. Correct: Jane thinks that one day it might save her life, so she always wears her seatbelt. Incorrect: Sebastian rushed to school after work. To take his final exam. Here the dependent clause fragment "to take his final exam" is an infinitive phrase. Correct: Sebastian rushed to school after work to take his final exam. Correct: To take his final exam, Sebastian rushed to school after work. Correct: Sebastian rushed to school after work because he needed to take his fi- nal exam. ? Note: As seen in the previous examples, there are a few possible ways to correct dependent clause fragments. For more information, refer to the skills page on

Dependent Clauses.

? A very helpful and effective way to detect sentence fragments is to read your composition backwards. By starting from the end and reading to the beginning, you will be forced to look at and address each sentence individually. This way, the sentences do not relate to one another, and you can easily detect any sen- tence fragments!

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