1. Sentence Fragment

2. Definition A SENTENCE FRAGMENT fails to be a sentence in the sense that it cannot stand by itself. It does not contain even one independent clause.

3. One Kind of Fragment It may locate something in time and place with a prepositional phrase or a series of such phrases, but it's still lacking a proper subject-verb relationship within an independent clause: In America, during the 60’s but before the Civil Rights Act.

4. Another Kind of Fragment It describes something, but there is no subject-verb relationship: Wanting to close the achievement gap by giving poot students free laptops.

5. Another kind of Fragment It may have most of the makings of a sentence but still be missing an important part of a verb string: Affluent students having 24/7 access to computers.

6. Another common fragment It may even have a subject-verb relationship, but it has been subordinated to another idea by a dependent word and so cannot stand by itself: Even though students had round-the- clock access to computer and were digitally literate.

7. In a public school in Kansas, a program that is called “free laptop program”offering 5000 laptops for students for free.

8. In a public school in Kansas, there is a program that called “free laptop program” which offers 5000 laptops for students for free.

9. A gap of accessing computer between affluent students and poor students because every affluent student has his or her own laptop, but poor students cannot afford to buy laptops.

10. A gap of accessing computer between affluent students and poor students because every affluent student has his or her own laptop, but a poor student cannot afford to buy laptops. There is gap of accessing computer between affluent students and poor students because every affluent student has his or her own laptop, but a poor student cannot afford to buy laptops.