sentence fragment
sentence fragment noun: an incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. (It is often the result of failing to include a subject and a verb, or beginning a sentence with a subordinator or relative pronoun. But not all one-word or two-word sentences are sentence fragments, though.).
Noun
sentence fragment (plural sentence fragments)
- An incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. (It is often the result of failing to include a subject and a verb, or beginning a sentence with a subordinator or relative pronoun. But not all one-word or two-word sentences are sentence fragments, though.)
Forms of sentence fragment
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Questions about sentence fragment
- What does sentence fragment mean?
- Sentence fragment means an incomplete sentence; a phrase or clause that is punctuated and capitalized as a sentence but does not constitute a complete grammatical sentence. (It is often the result of failing to include a subject and a verb, or beginning a sentence with a subordinator or relative pronoun. But not all one-word or two-word sentences are sentence fragments, though.).
- What part of speech is sentence fragment?
- Sentence fragment is a noun.
- What is the plural of sentence fragment?
- The plural of sentence fragment is sentence fragments.
Words near sentence fragment in the dictionary
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