The city's rising population, as well as its poor public transportation infrastructure, has lead to massive traffic jams during the morning commute. The lack of water and shelter from the sun in the desert which makes it extremely tough to survive. Often times, the trickier ones will involve removing words like who, which, although, because, since, and despite as in Example 2.īecause the late night shift requiring long hours for little pay, there is a high turnover rate. On the SAT, the simpler ones are easy to spot and fix. There is no one absolute way to fix a sentence fragment. Russell Brand, the English comedian, is one of the funniest celebrities alive.Įxample 3 is a gerund phrase sentence fragment. Russell Brand, the English comedian, being one of the funniest celebrities alive. My broken heart, which you have left hardly beating in my chest, is the reason for my endless suffering.Įxample 2 is a dependent clause sentence fragment. Example 2īecause my broken heart, which you have left hardly beating in my chest, is the reason for my endless suffering. People who have a sense of entitlement and feel absolutely no sympathy for those less fortunate even when they take advantage of their services make me sick.Įxample 1 is a relative clause sentence fragment. People who have a sense of entitlement and feel absolutely no sympathy for those less fortunate even when they take advantage of their services. If you read a sentence out loud and it lacks a sense of completion or the whole thing just sounds weird by the end, chances are it's a sentence fragment. although, while, when), or a gerund phrase (e.g. who, which, that, where), a dependent clause (e.g. You'll commonly see fragments in which the entire sentence is a relative clause (e.g. The SAT will give you sentence fragments so long that by the time you've read to the end of them, you'll have forgotten where you started. It's an incomplete sentence, one that's missing a subject or a verb. Together we learned a lot.A sentence fragment is a piece or part of a sentence. Being a friend of mine like he was when we first joined the soccer team. The small, one-story houses are all the same size and style. Tilting the pot way too much caused the boiling water to spill. With my brother standing by my side, I reached for the pot handle. My old rowboat with its three-horsepower motor seemed like a high-speed job to me. Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles an hour. Until one of Joe's oldest and best friends had a little too much to drink. Jim ordered two dozen red roses for his wife. As Christmas grows near, I find myself looking back into my childhood days at fun-filled times of snowball fights. Not realizing at the time that we would never enter that door in her home again. She opened the door and let us into her home. To prove to himself and his parents that he is a man. In the seventh grade every young boy goes out for football. Although that is a value judgment and in circumstances not a true premise. The magazine has a reputation for a sophisticated, prestigious, and elite group of readers. Especially when you are on your first date, you feel that you should be in control. It can be really embarrassing to be so emotional. After this meal, they were ready for anything. A few of the less serious fellows would go into a bar for a steak dinner and a few glasses of beer. It was difficult to distinguish between them. Within each group, a wide range of features to choose from. Like other teachers in that department, he did not encourage students' questions. He talked for fifty minutes without taking his eyes off his notes. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the wind. Could you tell these writers why the fragments are incomplete sentences? Act as their editor, marking a C if the sentences in the group are all complete and an F if any of the sentences in the group is a fragment. The sentences below appeared in papers written by students. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our terms and conditions of fair use. This material may not be published, reproduced, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed without permission. Copyright ©1995-2018 by The Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue and Purdue University.
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