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Fragmented Sentences

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0Basically, fragmented sentences (or sentence fragments) are just that: pieces of sentences, or incomplete sentences. ' 0-

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  • 0Basically, fragmented sentences (or sentence fragments) are just that: pieces of sentences, or incomplete sentences.
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0Basically, fragmented sentences (or sentence fragments) are just that: pieces of sentences, or incomplete sentences. They do not have a subject + finite verb + any other necessary parts, actual or implied: 02br
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0 By a fragmented sentence I assume you mean a group of words that begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, exclamation point, or question mark, but that does not have all of the pieces that grammar requires. Common sentence fragments may be divided into verb sentences and verbless sentences.02br
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0 rvw - this is a great discussion of freagmented sentences, and I'm sure many members will find it very helpful. I have only one quibble: 02br
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00-----The insults I had to put up with [at the office]! 02br
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00In this case, I don't see that the words in brackets do anything to make the sentence more complete. Maybe something like: 02br
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0 It is a great list and I hope it helps ESLs realize that "sentence fragments" are exceedingly common indeed. The LGSWE calls them "non-clausal material" [ncm], perhaps to get away from the pejorative connotations 'sentence fragments' holds. 02br
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00LGSWE: ... non-clausal material is found
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0 Dear khoff, 02br
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00Thanks for catching my mistake (not Paul Robert's). It's odd that I would miss a fragment while talking about fragments. 02br
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00If I could (EnglishForward !), I would edit that example to yours: "[Imagine] The insults I had to put up with." 02br
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0fragmented sectences are incomplete thoughts e.g On one hand the economy is well situated.... it hasn't gone on to complete the thought (on the other hand)0-
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