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Look at these groups of words carefully.

will walk into the room.
shows no sign of improvement.
some girls in the class
Does each of these groups of
words have the components
subjects and predicates?
Do they give a complete idea?

The components subject and predicate are missing in each group of
these words. They don’t give a complete idea. So, they are a sentence
fragment.

Now look at these groups of words.

Sital will walk into the room.
(subject) + (predicate)
The patient shows no sign of improvement.

(subject) + (predicate)
Some girls in the class are naughty.
(subject) + (predicate)

These groups of words have the
components subjects and predicates.

They give a complete idea. They are
complete sentences.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that doesn’t express a
complete idea. In a sentence fragment the missing component may be

either a subject or a predicate.

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