What is the difference of fragments and complete sentences?

Question

are fragments incomplete sentences?

Answer 1

You almost answered it yourself! Fragments are incomplete...something is missing to make it a complete thought.

Answer 2

A fragment resembles a sentence in a number of ways. Both are groups of words that begin with a capital letter and conclude with an end mark--usually a period [.] but sometimes a question mark [?] or an exclamation point [!]. The one important difference is that a fragment does not contain a main clause. Like an engine, the main clause powers a complete sentence, propelling the reader through the development of an idea. A fragment, missing this essential component, stalls on the page.

When you analyze a group of words looking for the main clause, you have to find three things: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. If one of these three items is missing, a fragment results.


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Answer 3

You mean the difference BETWEEN fragments and complete sentences. A complete sentence only needs a subject and a verb. It can also have a predicate. A fragment will be missing either the subject or the verb. That's the simplest explanation.
I go. I go then. I then.

Answer 4

Thats easy, for complete sentences, look at a newspaper article or magazine, or even a book in a library. For fragments, look at yahoo answers.

Answer 5

Fragments have no verb