Grammar

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Grammar

• Fragments

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What are Fragments?

• A fragment is a group of words that does not
  express a complete thought.

What makes a complete thought? In order to
understand that, you have to know the hierarchy
of sentences and clauses.
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The Grammar Hierarchy

• The lowest are the freshmen. They are called
  Series

A Series is a list. Example oranges, bananas,
and apples.
The sophomores are known as Phrases
A phrase has either a subject or a verb, but not
both. It is also an incomplete thought.
Examples to the store. without a second
thought. on the front page!
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The Grammar Hierarchy Cont.

• Next are the juniors. These are Clauses

A clause has a subject and a verb and can have
punctuation, but is not a complete thought. This
is always true with Subordinate Clauses
Example when I awoke this morning.
The highest level is the seniors. These are
Sentences.
Sentences have a subject, a verb, punctuation,
and a complete thought.
Example Julias infatuation embarrasses Joe Page.
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So How Do You Fix Fragments?

• To NOT be a fragment, it has to be a complete
  thought.
• There are two ways to fix it

• Take away words that wont change the meaning.
• Example By learning about the nature of a shark
  can make a person
• want to be an ocean
  biologist.

To fix this, drop the word by from the
sentence.

• Add to the sentence so it makes sense.
• Example A gaggle of geese.

To fix this, add a verb to make the thought
complete.