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sentence fragment

A group of words punctuated as a sentence that isn't actually complete.

A sentence fragment is a group of words punctuated as a sentence — capitalized, with end punctuation — that cannot stand alone, either because it is a dependent clause cut off from its independent clause or because it never had a subject-verb pair at all.

Examples

  • Because the printer jammed.

  • Running down the hallway.

See also

independent clause dependent clause fixing a fragment, run-on, or comma splice
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