A sentence fragment is a an incomplete sentence standing on its own as a complete utterance. They are very common in speech:
"Where did you go yesterday?" "To the movies." "Which one?" "Up." "Good?" "Yeah, really."
All but the first of those is a sentence fragment.
A dependent clause is a part of a larger sentence; it cannot stand on its own because then it would be a fragment. But since it is part of a larger, complete sentence, it is not.
Note that fragments are often less than clauses - they can be single words, or prepositional phrases.
A dependent clause is similar to a sentence because they are both made of words. And the difference: The Dependent Clause is unfinished while a sentence is.
A simple sentence only has one independent clause and no dependent clauses. A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses and can also have a dependent clause. The two independent clauses of a compound sentence are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or).Simple sentence example: I am walking.Compound sentence example: I am walking, but my friend is running.
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Independent- It doesn't rely on something. and it stays the same. Dependent- It relies on something. And it changes.
What is the difference between dependant and independent events in terms of probability
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-The difference between there, their, and they're is commonly confused.
An independent clause can stand on its own as a sentence. A dependent clause contains a subject and verb but cannot be a sentence. In the sentence "I'll stop by your office after I finish my lunch", "I'll stop by your office" is an independent clause, and "after I finish my lunch" is a dependent clause.
Coordinating conjunctions connect equal parts of a sentence, while subordinating conjunctions connect unequal parts by making one part dependent on the other.
Somebody will have to improve on this answer. One similarity between a sentence and a sentence fragment could be a sentence's length. If somebody says, "Who did that?" you could answer, "I did," and that is a sentence... but in a different scenario, that may be considered a sentence fragment. Why? Because if that sentence was all by itself, "I did," would be nonsense. What did "I" do? "I did jump," could then complete it.
"dependent variable" comprises TWO words. Which word do you want in the sentence?