A phrase is not a sentence.
The Congressional Medal of Honor
America, the beautiful
recliner chair
Clauses are not sentences - they are missing subjects and verbs.
When you think about
On the way home
Calling them back
A sentence fragment, or an incomplete thought, is not a complete sentence.
Examples of incomplete fragments might include:
He. (the one word nothingness; subject but no verb or object.)
Where the lives up in the treetops. (no subject; no object; needs more to answer "So?")
Are going. (Got the verb but no subject or object.)
Running. (Same.)
When you get here.... (A clause that is missing the rest of its thought.)
When you when where might you? (Scrambled eggs; lots of words but it makes no sense!)
Have the then you felt best. (No subject; Incomplete thought; verb confusion; no object.)
In comparison, run-on sentences try to put too much and many distinct thoughts into one sentence, often with little punctuation. Often, run-ons switch verb tenses when it should stay with one verb tense. Run-ons forget that readers are not inside the writer's mind; we don't know what the writer was trying to say, and it's all jumbled together.
Example: Jon came running downstairs he was late then he ate a toaster waffle when he walked at school he saw his best friend.
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∙ 8y agoThis is called a "sentence fragment" or an "incomplete sentence."
A group of words containing a subject and a verb is called a sentence. It is a complete thought that expresses an idea or action.
Yes, a group of words that forms a complete idea is called a sentence.
The group of words, "If you are going to school..." is a noun clause, a group of words that has a subject (you) and a verb (are going) but is not a complete thought, not a complete sentence.
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A sentence fragment is a group of words that do not express a complete idea due to the omission of a subject or verb (or both).Examples:The catrunning away from the strangerCold water
The topic sentence is a group of words explaining the topic of a paragraph.Sentences don't have topics they have subjects verbs and objects.
She made sure to enunciate each word clearly during her speech to ensure that everyone in the audience could understand her message.
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They are a sentence. A sentence is a set of words that expresses a complete statement or question.