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Fragments are not Your Friends!. Why bad Fragments happen to good people…(just ask your cell phone provider). Definition of Fragment. Unlike a sentence, which contains a subject & verb that expresses a complete thought , a fragment DOES NOT contain a complete thought: ( WF : pp. 432-433)
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Fragments are not Your Friends! Why bad Fragments happen to good people…(just ask your cell phone provider).
Definition of Fragment • Unlike a sentence, which contains a subject & verb that expresses a complete thought, a fragment DOES NOT contain a complete thought: (WF: pp. 432-433) After the semester is over in May. The semester is over in May.
There are FOUR causes of Fragments! • See Writing First pp. 431-53
1.Phrases • Definition: a group of words that lacks a subject, verb or both. • by the table near the corner • before the concert after my last class (Prepostionalphrases(WF: pp. 437-441) begin with a preposition and end with a noun.)
Other types of Phrases cause Fragments as well (see WF: 436-443). • To spend another semester in English 60. (Infinitive) • Smoking at Bakersfield College. (ing Frags)
2.Dependent Clauses • Definition: a group of words that contains a subject & verb but CANNOT stand alone. After I drove to school. Since my classes start in the morning. Because I was working all weekend. (Dep. Clauses usually have a subordinating conjunctionin front of the S/V. (WF: pp. 360-361, 444-49)
3.A List • Definition: A list contains information but has no subject, verb, or complete thought (WF: p. 437). • Coffee, milk, bread, Cheetos, & Heineken. Working two jobs, taking fifteen units, volunteering, and coaching a sport.
4. FANBOYS without S/V • Definition: Using a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) at the beginning of a sentence WITHOUT a subject & verb after it. 1) And driving two hours to work everyday as well. 2) But is all day on Saturday! True or False:You never can start a sentence with And or But!!!
FALSE! RULE: You can always start a sentence with one of theFANBOYSas long as a subject and verb follows it (WF pp.435-36): Yes, Bart was coaching while going to school!Andhe was drivingtwo hours to work every day as well. But the class is all day on a Saturday!
Fixing Fragments 1. Add a subject, verb or both: Bythe door = I walked bythe door. 2. Make Frag. a sentence (by deleting the word causing an incomplete thought). Those bowlers who won a trophy last week. Those bowlers whowon a trophy last week. 3. Connect Frag to rest of sentence: She took advanced calculus. Yet had no fear. She took advanced calculus yethad no fear.