Sentences and Fragments A fragment tries its best

Sentences and Fragments A fragment tries its best to be a sentence, but it just can’t make it. It’s missing something. Often, it’s missing a verb. John working extra hard on his basketball hook shot lately. Here, for instance, we’re missing has been. . © Capital Community College

Avoiding Sentence Fragments Sometimes a sentence fragment can give you a great deal of information, but it’s still not a complete sentence: After the coach encouraged him so much last year and he seemed to improve with each passing game. Here we have a subject and a verb — in fact, we have two of them. It is a fragment because the idea is incomplete © Capital Community College

Avoiding Sentence Fragments Be alert for strings of phrases that never get around being a complete thought. Look for the subject and verb! Immediately after the founding of the college and during those early years as an important educational institution in Washington. Be careful of “sentences” which give their share of information but still don’t contain a subject and verb. © Capital Community College

What is a complete sentence? • A complete thought. • Has at least one subject and one verb. • Starts with a capital letter. • Ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation point. (. ? !) © Capital Community College