Sentence and Sentence Fragments

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and contains a subject and a predicate.

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What is a sentence fragment?

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A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and is missing either a subject or a predicate.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'Zoologists call the American buffalo a bison.'

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The subject is 'Zoologists'.

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Identify the predicate in the sentence: 'In 1850, there were still about twenty million bison.'

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The predicate is 'there were still about twenty million bison.'

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Is 'Bronco another Spanish word.' a complete sentence or a fragment?

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It is a sentence fragment because it lacks a verb.

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What is the role of a subject in a sentence?

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The subject tells us who or what the sentence is about.

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What is the role of a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate tells us what the subject does or is.

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Provide an example of a complete sentence.

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'Some people call any bad-tempered horse a bronco.'

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Provide an example of a sentence fragment.

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'Sometime in the year 1600, Plains Indians.'

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How can you fix a sentence fragment?

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You can fix a sentence fragment by adding the missing subject or predicate to make it a complete thought.