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    The document discusses sentence fragments, which are groups of words that look like sentences but are missing elements like subjects or verbs to form a complete thought. It provides distinguishing features of fragments and three ways to turn fragments into complete sentences, such as attaching them to a nearby sentence, adding what is missing, or rewriting the fragment or passage containing it.

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    The document discusses sentence fragments, which are groups of words that look like sentences but are missing elements like subjects or verbs to form a complete thought. It provides distinguishing features of fragments and three ways to turn fragments into complete sentences, such as attaching them to a nearby sentence, adding what is missing, or rewriting the fragment or passage containing it.

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    The document discusses sentence fragments, which are groups of words that look like sentences but are missing elements like subjects or verbs to form a complete thought. It provides distinguishing features of fragments and three ways to turn fragments into complete sentences, such as attaching them to a nearby sentence, adding what is missing, or rewriting the fragment or passage containing it.

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    Sentence fragment

    A sentence fragment is a group of


    words that looks like a sentence, but actually isn't a complete sentence.
    Sentence fragments are usually missing a subject or verb, or they do not
    express a complete thought. While it may be punctuated to look like a
    complete sentence, a fragment cannot stand on its own.

    Distinguishing Features:
    Here are the distinguishing features of a sentence fragment:

    1. It is missing a subject Example: Ran to the store


    faster than
    a rabbit. (Who ran?)

    2. It is missing a verb or has the wrong verb form


    Example: My favorite history teacher. (What did the teacher do or say?)
    1.It is a leftover phrase Example: For better or worse. (What is better or
    worse? What is it modifying?)
    2. It is an abandoned clause Example: When my mother married my
    father. (What happened when "my mother married my father.
    3. It is a misuse of "such as, for example, especially," etc.
    Example: Such as, my brother was practicing martial arts. (It is unclear;
    did something happen when my brother was practicing martial arts?)

    Three Ways to Turn a Fragment into a Complete Sentence


    Attach the fragment to a nearby complete sentence
    1. Incorrect: I forgot to eat breakfast. On the morning of my driver's test.
    2. . 2. Correct: I forgot to eat breakfast on the morning of my driver's test.
    3. 3. Incorrect: If the front door is locked. Use the back locked. Use the back entrance.
    4. 4. Correct: If the front door is locked, use the back entrance.

    Revise the fragment by adding whatever is missing — subject, verb, complete thought
    . 5. Incorrect: Loves to lie around in the sun all day. (A subject is missing. Who loves to lie around?)
    6. Correct: My roommate's pug loves to lie around in the sun all day.
    Incorrect: Joe to train every day. (A verb is missing. Also, "to train" is the wrong verb form. Joe does what
    every day?)
    7. Correct: Joe trains every day for the marathon next month.
    8. Correct: Joe is training every day for the marathon next month.

    Rewrite the fragment or the entire passage that contains the fragment.
    9. Incorrect: Our new landlord was expected to make.

    Incorrect: Our new landlord was expected to make changes. Such as fixing the plumbing, installing a new
    washer, and replacing the security gate. Has not done any of it yet and weeks have passed.
    Correct: Our new landlord was expected to make changes, such as fixing the plumbing, installing a new
    washer, and replacing the security gate lock. Weeks have passed, and he still has not done any of it yet

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