ENG100H5 Chapter 34: Correct Sentences (Fixing Fragments)
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Sentence fragment: incomplete sentence treated as if it were complete o. It may begin with a capital letter and end with a period (. ), but it lacks one or more of the following: Independent clause (subject + verb, clause that can stand alone as a sentence) Sentence fragments are common in ads and day-to-day conversations, but are inappropriate in academic and professional writing. Complete verb = main verb + helping verb that indicates tense, person, and number in the main verb. A group of related words without a complete verb is a phrase fragment, not a sentence. Fragment: the ancient mayas were among the first to develop many mathematical concepts. For example, the concept of zero [no verb] Sentence: the ancient mayas were among the first to develop many mathematical concepts. For example, they developed the concept of zero.