A sentence can be two words ( He jumps) and a sentence fragment can be fifty words.Īt first glance, a sentence fragment may look like a sentence because it begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. Don't let the length of the sentence be your guide. Most sentence fragments are phrases, or subordinate clauses, or combinations of the two.
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