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.
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.
I wrote an incomplete sentence.My essay was incomplete.
For a sentence to be complete, it must have a subject and a verb. Giving the incomplete sentence the missing parts will make it complete.For example:"Went to the park" can be made complete by adding a subject to make it "We went to the park""It blue" can be made complete by adding a verb to make it "It is blue""The moon tonight" can be made complete by adding a subject and a verb to make it "I looked at the moon tonight"
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.
Yes, a semicolon could indeed join an incomplete sentence and a complete sentence.
The phrase " the farmers' market" is an incomplete thought and incomplete 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.
A formal sentence should include subject, verb and sometimes object. Any sentence that is short for an element of those is called incomplete sentence.
The student got in trouble because her homework was incomplete.
incomplete, or a sentence fragment
This is an incomplete sentence.
Your sentence is incomplete.