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Hello! My name is Einstein. You may have heard I am a genius. It's true. That is why today
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I am going to help you. I heard you had some questions about grammar or sentence fragments, is it?
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Those can be tricky. This short slideshow will tell you all you need to know about sentence
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fragments. Pay attention, and you'll soon be a genius just like me.
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Quite simply, every complete sentence has a subject and a verb. Take this sentence as
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an example: The alien is hungry.
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I'm so hungry. Need food. Must invade planet earth to find food.
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In that sentence ("The alien is hungry"), alien is the subject; is hungry is the predicate.
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But "need food" and "must invade planet earth to find food" are fragments. They do not have
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a subject.
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Yummy, yummy food!
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That is also a fragment because it has no verb.
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So is a fragment always short?
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No, some sentences are very short like "I dance." Fragments can be either short or long. Take
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this one for example. "Although the alien is hungry" is a fragment. It is a dependent
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clause. These start with what's called a subordinate conjunction. Words like although, if, because,
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after, while, since are all subordinate conjunctions.
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Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.
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No problem. Now you know all you need to know about fragments. Always make sure your sentences
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have both a subject and a verb. Thanks for watching. Bye for now!