An incomplete sentence, also referred to as a fragment, is any sentence without a subject and/or predicate.
I ran.
I'll go.
Run!
While all three of these sentences are short, they are complete sentences. Run! is a command, with the subject ('you') implied.
I --> subject
ran --> predicate, verb.
I --> subject
will go --> predicate, with helping verb (will) and main verb (go).
Fragmented sentences can be a very powerful tool in rhetoric and prose, if used sparingly.
An incomplete sentence is a sentence that is missing either a subject, a verb, or does not express a complete thought. This type of sentence may lack the necessary components to make it grammatically correct or to convey a clear idea.
This is not an incomplete sentence. The incomplete 1,000 piece puzzle mocked me from the coffee table.
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.
An incomplete sentence is also called a fragment. It is a group of words that does not form a complete thought or express a complete idea.
She turned in an incomplete assignment because she didn't have enough time to finish it.
Do you know what you are asking? Do you? is an answer to your question.
I wrote an incomplete sentence.My essay was incomplete.
This is not an incomplete sentence. The incomplete 1,000 piece puzzle mocked me from the coffee table.
The phrase " the farmers' market" is an incomplete thought and incomplete sentence.
Yes, a semicolon could indeed join an incomplete sentence and a complete sentence.
A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence. For example these have periods, but are not sentences:I wanted. We were. When I was there. While he was in the store. If you had.
Yes, that is incomplete.
It is, but an incomplete fragment sentence.
The student got in trouble because her homework was incomplete.
A formal sentence should include subject, verb and sometimes object. Any sentence that is short for an element of those is called incomplete sentence.
incomplete, or a sentence fragment
This is an incomplete sentence.
Your sentence is incomplete.