Sentence Fragments

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Sentence Fragments

• By Jennifer Maltsbarger

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What is a Sentence Fragment?

• Incomplete sentences
• Pieces of sentences that have become disconnected
  from the main clause
• Some fragments are not clearly pieces of
  sentences that have been left unattached to the
  main clause they are written as main clauses but
  lack a subject or a main verb.

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Examples!!

• I need to find a new roommate. Because the one I
  have now isnt working out too well.
• I need to find a new roommate, because the one I
  have now isnt working out too well.

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More Examples!!

• The current city policy on housing is incomplete
  as it stands. Which is why we believe the
  proposed amendments should be passed.
• Because the current city policy on housing is
  incomplete as it stands, we believe the proposed
  amendments should be passed.

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In order to be read as a sentence, a group of
words must meet the following two requirements

• It must contain a subject. It must contain a
  verb.
• If the group of words lacks one or more of these
  elements, in spite of having been capitalized and
  punctuated as if it were a sentence, it is a
  sentence fragment.

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For example

• Sat down to eat.
• Sentence fragment has no subject
• Who sat down to eat?
• Correct sentence Aaron sat down to eat.
• The restaurant was too crowded.
• Sentence has a subject and a verb

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Just remember!!!

• A sentence is a unit that has a subject, a verb,
  and words to complete the thought. A sentence
  fragment occurs when you forget one of these
  parts but still capitalize and punctuate your
  words as a complete sentence.

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The End!

• Any questions???