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06 Sentence-Fragments - Salvador

This document discusses sentence fragments and provides three ways to correct them. It defines a sentence fragment as a group of words that looks like a sentence but is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought. It then gives examples of fragments and outlines three methods to correct them: 1) attaching the fragment to a nearby complete sentence, 2) revising the fragment by adding the missing element, and 3) rewriting the fragment or passage.

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06 Sentence-Fragments - Salvador

This document discusses sentence fragments and provides three ways to correct them. It defines a sentence fragment as a group of words that looks like a sentence but is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought. It then gives examples of fragments and outlines three methods to correct them: 1) attaching the fragment to a nearby complete sentence, 2) revising the fragment by adding the missing element, and 3) rewriting the fragment or passage.

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Structures

of English
SENTENCE FRAGMENTS AND WAYS
TO CORRECT IT
BY: A D E LY N J OY M . S A LVA D O R
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.

SENTENCE FRAGMENT
 Subject – is the “who” or “what” the sentence is about;
the topic of the sentence is called the simple subject and
it must be a noun or pronoun.
 Predicate or Complete verb – says something about
the subject; action word.
 Independent Clause – includes a subject and a
predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence.
 Dependent Clause – contains a subject and a
predicate but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
Examples of sentence fragment:
 In the car.
 With a brand-new hat.
 Running in the woods.
 Singing a song.
 At the party.
3 Ways to correct sentence
fragments
1. Correcting a Sentence Fragment with a
Missing Subject
2. Correcting a Sentence Fragment with a
Missing or Incomplete Verb
3. Correcting a Dependent Clause Fragment
Correcting a Sentence Fragment
with a Missing Subject
Example: Michelle came into the room. Closed
the door.
Correction: Michelle came into the room. She
closed the door.
Correction: Michelle came into the room, closing
the door behind her.
Correcting a Sentence Fragment
with a Missing or Incomplete Verb
Example: The assembly person in our district.
Correction: The assembly person in our district works
diligently.

Example: The statue standing in the rotunda of the


building.
Correction: The statue is standing in the rotunda of the
building.
Correcting a Dependent Clause
Fragment

Example: After Maria bought the biology book.


Correction: After Maria bought the biology book,
she began studying for her exam.
3 WAYS TO CORRECT
SENTENCE FRAGMENTS
1. ATTACH
2. REVISE
3. REWRITE
Attach the fragment to a nearby
complete sentence
 Example:
Incorrect: I forgot to eat breakfast. On the morning of my
driver’s test.
Correct: I forgot to eat breakfast on the morning of my
driver’s test.

Incorrect: If the front door is locked. Use the back entrance.


Correct: If the front door is locked, use the back entrance.
Revise the fragment by adding whatever is
missing – subject, verb, complete thought.
 Examples:
Incorrect: Loves to lie around in the sun all day.
Correct: My roommate’s pug loves to lie around in the sun
all day.

Incorrect: Joe to train every day.


Correct: Joe trains every day for the marathon next month.
Correct: Joe is training every day for the marathon next
month.
Rewrite the fragment or the entire
passage that contains the fragment.
 Examples:
Incorrect: Our new landlord was expected to
make changes. Has not done any of it yet and
weeks have passed.
Correct: Our new landlord was expected to
make changes. Weeks have passed, and he still
has not done any of it yet.
~ END ~

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