Fragments

Fragments Fragment: incomplete sentence

Fragment: incomplete sentence Missing a subject or verb or complete thought Missing complete thought=dependent clause Although we went home. If you like her. When you want to go. Other examples Into the dark forest of the night. (no subject or verb) Went to the park. (no subject) The girl sitting behind me in class. (no verb or complete thought)

Beware… Fragment does not equal short Sentence does not equal long

We need sleep. Sentence

Go to bed at 10 o’clock. Sentence

Have to go to bed. fragment

Because we need sleep. fragment

Not enough time or money. fragment

What is the meaning of friendship? sentence

My brother and my mother to Argentina. fragment

Before she packed up her suitcase and left. fragment

While you were out all day long. fragment

Cooking delicious food. fragment

Cook delicious food. sentence

Cooked delicious food. fragment

I cook delicious food. sentence

This school, which is named Sunnydale Academy. fragment

Presidential elections occur every four years in the US. Sentence

When people forget to put new trash bags in the can. fragment

If you want to go. fragment

Two people worked on this project. sentence

Before using this machine. fragment

The song titled “Hope.” fragment

How to eat potatoes? fragment

A doctor in the house? fragment

A doctor or a lawyer in the house? fragment

To see its special effects and great battle scene. fragment

The chances of getting hit by lightning are very small. sentence

Now that you know sentence types. fragment

Even though she knew that I was asleep. fragment

Sitting in the park, I began daydreaming about my future. sentence