complete sentence

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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What is an incomplete sentence?

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An incomplete sentence does not express a complete thought and may be missing a subject or a verb.

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a verb in a sentence?

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A verb is a word that describes an action or a state of being.

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Can a sentence be a question?

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Yes, a sentence can be a question if it asks something and usually starts with a question word.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together.

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Give an example of a complete sentence.

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The dog barks.

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Give an example of an incomplete sentence.

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Running in the park.

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What punctuation marks end a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence ends with a period, question mark, or exclamation mark.