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Q&A Fragmented sentence

A sentence has a subject and a verb, sometimes an object. He recites. (Subject: he; Verb: recites) She throws a book. (Subject: She; Verb: throws; Object: a book) A sentence fragment is ...

posted 9y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:30Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:25:30Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/18053
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T04:25:30Z (over 4 years ago)
A sentence has a subject and a verb, sometimes an object.

> He recites. (Subject: he; Verb: recites)
> 
> She throws a book. (Subject: She; Verb: throws; Object: a book)

A sentence fragment is missing some part of that.

> Ran down the street. (Verb: ran; no subject)
> 
> His impossibly high cheekbones. (Object: cheekbones; no subject or verb)
> 
> Full of stars. (Just a descriptive clause; there's neither subject, verb, or object)

Generally a sentence fragment means you have to _add_ something, not remove something. You might have to edit your question to include some examples, and we can show you what's missing from them.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2015-07-07T13:30:29Z (almost 9 years ago)
Original score: 1