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A sentence missing a subject or a verb is a fragment.
"The cat purred." is a sentence because it has a subject, which is the cat and a verb which is purred. A sentence fragment has either a missing subject, a missing verb, or both.
A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. A complete sentence requires at least a subject and verb. A sentence fragment is missing one of these.
A sentence fragment can be joined to another fragment or sentence, or the missing part (subject, predicate, object) can be supplied.
Yes, "When did you go?" is a sentence fragment because it is missing a subject. Adding a subject, such as "Where did you go," would make it a complete sentence.
Not unless it is missing the main parts it needs.
A fragment is an incomplete sentence. To be a complete sentence, both a subject and a verb are needed. If you read a sentence, and you find yourself thinking that some piece of information is missing from it or you are left asking who or what, there's a good chance that sentence is a fragment.
This is a fragment of a sentence since it is missing a verb.
Fragment. It is missing a subject or verb to make it a complete sentence.
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A sentence fragment is part of a sentence that has either no subject or predicate. In most instances, it does not make sense if it stands alone. "Going to the races" is a sentence fragment. WHO is going? The only time this would not be a fragment is in response to a question in dialogue.
An incomplete sentence missing a subject is called a sentence fragment. Sentence fragments can occur when there is a group of words that is not a complete sentence because it is missing a subject, verb, or complete thought.