Any statement which does not meet the definition of a complete sentence, lacking either a subject or a finite verb.
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Use of commas in a subordinate clause
I was about to correct a line like "Townville located in east Blaze County has grown rapidly since 2000 and continues to do so." to "Townville, located in east Blaze County, has grown rapidly since ...
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Should I use a question mark at the end of a question fragment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“How to […]?” and “Where to […]?” Questions that are not questions. Is this defensible?
Does it make sense, grammatically, to end ...
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“Leadership is our drive. What's your?”
Here, you may find a call to arms of sorts by the Swedish most prominent telco. I was born Russian, and I live in Sweden, so English is just about my third language. And so the following line does not ...
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Is this sentence truly a fragment?
Microsoft Office is claiming a statement I recently made is a fragment, however I do not agree with its opinion.
Bob, to my knowledge that resource is
currently unsupported.
Can anyone provide ...
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Is it incorrect to use a sentence fragment to answer a question?
In an English essay, I wrote:
What am I looking at? People enjoying themselves?
I lost points for using a sentence fragment. Is it truly incorrect to use a sentence fragment this way?
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“Train approaching”
Is it correct? It's the message I see right before the metro/subway train shows up.
Shouldn't it be "train is approaching" or "train approaches"?
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Seasonal parsing: “enjoying Re-run's of Christmas' past” — fragment, pluralization and ownership
enjoying Re-run's of Christmas' past
I just saw this posted as a Facebook status update, and it has boggled me as to how it should be considered or how it should be rewritten. If re-runs belong ...
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Fragments in speech vs Fragments in novels?
Why is it that authors will use fragments in writing to emulate speech, but it is considered grammatically incorrect?
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Microsoft Word's “fragments”
Microsoft Word loves underlining things I am typing with a green squiggle. Now sometimes it gets it right, as just now it found a mistake
also know as
which should be
also known as
But one ...
