How Do You Fix A Sentence Fragment Easily?
Many students and learners of English have trouble with sentence fragments. Fragments are fine in spoken English, but writing teachers usually do not allow them in compositions. There are several common types of fragments. Learn how to correct these sentence fragments so you can improve your writing. Step 1 Write a subject in every sentence. A sequence of words that has a verb or predicate but no subject is not a sentence. For example, “Went to the store yesterday” is not a sentence. It has a verb, “went,” but there is no doer or subject for the verb. To make it a complete sentence, add a person as a doer: “Harry went to the store yesterday.” Now that is a sentence with the subject “Harry.” Another example is “Every day goes to work at eight o’clock.” There is no doer for the verb “goes.” Make it complete: “Every day Susan goes to work at eight o’clock.” Now you have a complete sentence with the subject “Susan.” Step 2 Write a correct verb in every sentence. “Bobby Jones in the park” i
