What is a setence fragment?

[Nic]

I need help on my assignment in 4th period for English class and I'm just wondering what is a sentence fragment. A lot of the sites I've been to haven't told me what it is. Please reply thanks.

 

[lightningbolt]

Isn't a Sentence Fragment a part of a sentence that you use to complete that sentence

 

[lightningbolt]

Isn't a Sentence Fragment a part of a sentence that you use to complete that sentence

Well I'm not really all that sure

 

[Bacon Boy]

Think "Dependent Scentence".

Fragments are incomplete sentences. Usually, fragments are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. One of the easiest ways to correct them is to remove the period between the fragment and the main clause. Other kinds of punctuation may be needed for the newly combined sentence.

Ex. Fragment: Leaving her team at a time when we needed her.
Possible Revision: Coach Dietz exemplified this behavior by walking off the field in the middle of a game, leaving her team at a time when we needed her.

 

[Nic]

Clicking the edit button is a very good thing to do.

@B.B. Thanks, appreciate it explaining it.

 

[Bacon Boy]

Clicking the edit button is a very good thing to do.

@B.B. Thanks, appreciate it explaining it.

Welcome.

 

[John102]

Think "Dependent Scentence".

Fragments are incomplete sentences. Usually, fragments are pieces of sentences that have become disconnected from the main clause. One of the easiest ways to correct them is to remove the period between the fragment and the main clause. Other kinds of punctuation may be needed for the newly combined sentence.

Ex. Fragment: Leaving her team at a time when we needed her.
Possible Revision: Coach Dietz exemplified this behavior by walking off the field in the middle of a game, leaving her team at a time when we needed her.

Cite source please.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/620/01/