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    Sentence Fragment

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    The document defines sentence fragments as incomplete sentences that lack essential elements like a subject and verb and do not express a complete thought. It explains different types of fragments such as subordinate clauses, participle phrases, infinitive phrases, and verb phrases. While fragments are typically incorrect, the document notes fragments can occasionally be used intentionally for stylistic purposes.

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    The document defines sentence fragments as incomplete sentences that lack essential elements like a subject and verb and do not express a complete thought. It explains different types of fragments such as subordinate clauses, participle phrases, infinitive phrases, and verb phrases. While fragments are typically incorrect, the document notes fragments can occasionally be used intentionally for stylistic purposes.

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    SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

    What is a complete sentence?

    Must have:
     a Subject
     an Action
     Phrases or Dependent Clauses
    Expressed a Complete Thought
    What is a Sentence Fragment?

    A sentence fragment is a sentence that:


    Does not express a complete thought
    Is lacking a subject
    Is lacking an action
    Is a dependent clause,
    standing alone
    Sentence Fragments
    • Cannot stand alone
    • Lack a subject and a verb
    • Are grammatically incorrect
    • Need to be corrected
    Examples of sentence fragments
    • In so many ways
    • Once we leave for the movie
    • To respond to your mother in a rude
    tone
    • Since I like fishing
    • Which is why I cried
    • Eating the entire bowl of ice cream
    • Built a sandcastle for her
    Why are Fragments incorrect?

    Subject
    (explicit or Verb
    implied)

    Independent Clause
    (Complete Sentence)
    Types of Sentence Fragments

    Subordinating Clauses

    Participle Phrases

    Infinitive Phrases

    Verb Phrases

    Appositives
    Subordinating Clauses
    Examples:
    • Although I thought I knew the answer
    Although I thought I knew the answer, I
    hesitated to answer the question.
    • Worrying that she would be robbed
    She locked the car, worrying that she would
    be robbed.

    • To explain why that happened


    He neglected to explain why that
    happened.
    Participle Phrases
    Example:
    • Eating the entire bowl of ice cream
     I was so annoyed with my brother, eating the entire
    bowl of ice cream.

    • Lost in the woods


     Lost in the woods, the dog could not find its owner.

    • Fond of brushing her hair


     Fond of brushing her hair, Kelly always
    had smooth and silky locks.
    Infinitive Phrases
    Example:

    • To prevent theft
     I will lock the door to prevent theft.
    • To respond to your mother in a rude tone
    To respond to your mother in a rude
    tone is disrespectful.
    • To write
    I like to write in English.
    Verb Phrases
    Example:

    • Makes a good impression


     He makes a good impression.
    • Built a sandcastle for her
    Grandfather built a sandcastle for her.
    • Have woken up
    You have woken up everyone
    in the neighborhood.
    Appositives
    Example:
    • The one with the wagging tail
     I like that dog – the one with the wagging
    tail.
    • My favorite person
    Mary, my favorite person, is visiting this
    weekend.
    • The gardener
    Mark, the gardener, planted
    new flowers.
    “Sentence fragment is a
    sentence that lacks some
    essential component.”
    Intentional Use of Sentence
    Fragments
    • I’m home, but the house is gone. Not a
    sandbag, not a nail or a scrap of wire.
    • Late afternoon. The sky hunters down,
    presses, like a lover, against the land.
    Small sound. A far sheep, faint barking.
    Time to drive on, toward Strathpeffer,
    friends, a phone call from my father.
    1. Lawrence's huge house on
    Maple Street.
    2. The turkey dinner.
    3. None of this year's
    applicants.
    4. The flowers in the
    garden.
    5. Managing to balance
    on one foot.
    6. Ran all the way to the
    twenty yard line.
    7. While the recipe calls
    for flour, eggs, sugar, salt,
    and vanilla.
    8. The party of the
    children.
    9. With two tires
    spinning.
    10. Politicians must restore

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