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Sentence FragmentsNeed a brief review of parts of speech? It might help you to understand sentences better. A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A sentence in English is not complete if it doesn't have both a subject and a finite verb. Often a fragment is a piece of information that properly belongs to the sentence just preceding it. Wrong: A judge has to be fair and impartial. Even to the point of seeming cold. This is a sentence fragment. If we cross out the prepositional phrases, we end up with "even," an adverb. Even How can we fix this? Easy! Simply join the fragment to the sentence preceding it: Right: A judge has to be fair and impartial, even to the point of seeming cold. Fragments are often dependent clauses that have been punctuated as a complete sentence. (Dependent clauses are covered in the Review section.) Wrong: The boy ran down the hill. Screaming with laughter all the way. Right: The boy ran down the hill, screaming with laughter all the way. These quizzes are self-paced and give you immediate feedback. They are entirely private; no one will know you have taken one. |
