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Sentence Fragment
An LSCC Learning Center Self-Paced Tutorial
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Before We Begin…
We need to know what a sentence really is.
A sentence is an independent clause.
A sentence has a subject (the person or thing who does something) AND
A predicate (simple verb or verb phrase)
A complete sentence answers the question:
Who did what?
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Before We Begin…
The subject is the actor.
The predicate is the action.
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What is a Sentence Fragment?
There are four types of sentence fragment errors that most people commit:
1. No subject : Getting into the car
No one is doing this action!
2. No verb: James, without a ride to school
What is he doing about it?
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What is a Sentence Fragment?
Only a phrase: Into the woods at night
Who did what?
Only a clause: While James sat on the couch,
What did he do?
Let’s learn how to fix them…..
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Add a subject or verb
Added subject:
The new Florida governor was
getting into the car.Added predicate:
James, without a ride to school,
arrived so late he was counted absent.
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Hints for Recognizing Fragments
Sometimes fragments seem to have a subject and verb. Watch out for:
An “ing” verb without a helping/auxiliary verb:
Allen, working on his homework (fragment)
To fix this fragment, add the helping verb:
Allen was working on his homework.
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Hints for Recognizing Fragments
An “ing” verb without a helping/auxiliary verb may also be a gerund (a verb form used as a noun):
Getting up early in the morning (fragment) Getting up early in the morning is difficult for
many people. (sentence) Gerund phrase is the subject of the sentence.
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Hints for Recognizing Fragments 2
Subordinating conjunctions “kill” independent clauses (sentences) and make them dependent.
A subordinate clause also leaves unanswered questions about the main idea of the sentence.
I was planning a trip to the beach. (sentence)
While I was planning a trip to the beach
(fragment) What happened then?
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Let’s See What You Know
Fix these fragments:
In the corner of the room Jane working on the assignment After the rain began to fall Settling into the new job Sounds like a plan Before we go on to the next step
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Answers:
The desk sat in the corner of the room. Jane is working on the assignment. After the rain began to fall, a rainbow appeared. Settling into the new job may take weeks. That sounds like a plan! Before we go on to the next step, we should
review what we already have covered.
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So What Can I Do?
Review– Auxiliary verbs and how to use them– Subordinating conjunctions– Recognizing and diagramming subjects and
predicates– Test with the logical question “who did what?”– Get extra help at the Learning Center