文档介绍：Chapter 3 Sentence problems (I) — Fragments and Choppy sentences
Conception:
A sentence fragment occurs when an plete sentence is used instead of plete sentence. Because there mon causes for sentence fragments, the following pointers may help in identifying and revising them:
using "ing" words, you must have a helping verb and a subject. An "ing" word is not a definite verb; therefore, it will not function by itself to form plete sentence.
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Fragment: A cure for the disease being researched.
Sentence
A cure for the disease was being researched
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infinitive form of a verb will not make plete sentence. Like "ing" words, an infinitive is not a definite verb either. An infinitive is bination of to and the base form of a verb: to see, to be, to do. Infinitives are used in sentences, but they require a definite verb to function as the action in the sentence
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Fragment: The center to plan a mission
Sentence:
The center plans to develop a mission statement.
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are words that cause one part of a sentence to be dependent on another part of the sentence. They can be a cause of sentence fragments if they subordinate a clause that does not have a main clause for the subordinate clause to be dependent upon.
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Fragment: If the criteria are not met.
Sentence:
If the critieria are not met, the FDA will not approve the medicine.
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explanatory phrase or group of explanatory words does not make plete sentence on its own.
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Fragment: The teenagers like to watch sports.
Sentence:
Such as hockey, when they are on teenagers like to watch sports, such as hockey, when they are on television.
Exercise
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Choppy Sentences.
Example:Small sentences are boring to read. Many of them strung together look bad. They appear simple. Your thoughts look simple, too. It's like you can't sustain an idea for more than a few words. You can think in only trivial, simplistic ways. Small thoughts seem e from small minds. You will