{"id":8650,"date":"2015-08-07T01:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/?p=8650"},"modified":"2015-08-07T01:28:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T01:28:33","slug":"english-review-of-kinds-of-sentence-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/english-review-of-kinds-of-sentence-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"English Review of Kinds of Sentence Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/h3>\n

Sentence fragments are writing errors in which a part of a sentence is punctuated as a complete sentence, with a capital letter at the beginning and closing punctuation at the end. However, a sentence fragment may lack a verb, a subject, may only have a verbal noun, or may only be a subordinate clause. Sentence fragments can be corrected by making them into complete sentences or by adding them as extensions to other sentences.<\/p>\n

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Noun Clauses<\/h3>\n

A noun clause is a common type of sentence fragment that does not contain a predicate. For example, \u201cThe New Horizons spacecraft, with six different types of automatic observation modules\u201d is not a complete sentence. It lacks action. Did it \u201crecently approach the dwarf planet Mars in a flyby mission\u201d? Was it \u201claunched from Earth nine and one-half years ago\u201d? In order to fix a noun clause, finish the fragment with a predicate.<\/p>\n

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Verbal Clauses<\/h3>\n

Verbal clauses are sentence fragments that lack subjects. They show action, but no actor. They are rarer than noun clause fragments, but still exist. For example, \u201cFlies across the water\u201d is not a sentence. Is it a bird, a plane, or Superman? In order to fix a verbal clause fragment, finish the fragment by adding the subject, such as \u201cThe pelican flies across the water.\u201d<\/p>\n

Verbal Noun Clauses<\/h3>\n

Verbal nouns or gerunds are formed when the suffix \u2013ing is added to the root form of a verb, but the verb then functions as a noun. Most of the time verbal nouns are found as part of a complete sentence, such as \u201cSwimming is good exercise.\u201d Occasionally, they become part of a fragment. \u201cSwimming against the current\u201d is not a sentence. \u201cThe salmon were swimming against the current\u201d adds a subject and an auxiliary verb.<\/p>\n

Dependent Clauses<\/h3>\n

The most common type of sentence fragments are dependent clauses, because they cannot stand alone without an independent clause. \u201cAfter the war was ended\u201d is not a sentence. What happened after the war ended? \u201cAfter the war was ended, the country began the long process of rebuilding.\u201d \u201cBecause I waited outside for hours\u201d is not a sentence. \u201cI went home without seeing them, because I waited outside for hours\u201d is a complete sentence, with an independent clause and a dependent clause.<\/p>\n

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