Comments on: GED Writing: Fragments http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/ Life, Family, Work, and the GED Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dwain c http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/comment-page-1/#comment-292 dwain c Fri, 15 May 2009 23:19:39 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/#comment-292 I could have also said... and they are not easy to spot. I could have also said… and they are not easy to spot.

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By: dwain c http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/comment-page-1/#comment-290 dwain c Fri, 15 May 2009 23:17:59 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/#comment-290 Yea, I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot. I’m wondering if I wrote these sentences correctly? How about... Probably the hardest of all misplaced modifiers or dangling modifiers in the English vocabulary. Yea, I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot. I’m wondering if I wrote these sentences correctly? How about… Probably the hardest of all misplaced modifiers or dangling modifiers in the English vocabulary.

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By: Liz http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/comment-page-1/#comment-278 Liz Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:36:25 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/#comment-278 :) "I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot." Your sentences are a perfect example! The first one has a subject, "I," and a verb phrase, "have noticed." (It's also got a "subordinate clause" with a subject and verb: "that sentence fragments are hard.") All together, the sentence is complete by itself. "I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard." That makes complete sense by itself. It could have been the whole comment. Now, listen to the other sentence, by itself: "Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot." If I say it by itself, it leaves you waiting for more. What are the hardest? What's not very easy to spot? The reason it leaves you with questions is because there's no subject. (There's no verb, either. This sentence is really just full of adjectives, so it's meant to describe something. But all by itself, it's got nothing to describe.) So, what's the best way to fix the problem? :) “I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot.”

Your sentences are a perfect example! The first one has a subject, “I,” and a verb phrase, “have noticed.” (It’s also got a “subordinate clause” with a subject and verb: “that sentence fragments are hard.”) All together, the sentence is complete by itself. “I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard.” That makes complete sense by itself. It could have been the whole comment.

Now, listen to the other sentence, by itself: “Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot.” If I say it by itself, it leaves you waiting for more. What are the hardest? What’s not very easy to spot? The reason it leaves you with questions is because there’s no subject. (There’s no verb, either. This sentence is really just full of adjectives, so it’s meant to describe something. But all by itself, it’s got nothing to describe.)

So, what’s the best way to fix the problem?

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By: dwain c http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/comment-page-1/#comment-276 dwain c Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:18:08 +0000 http://www.passged.com/student_blogs/elizabeth/2008/10/07/ged-writing-fragments/#comment-276 Yea, I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot. I'm wondering if I wrote these sentences correctly? Yea, I have noticed that sentence fragments are hard. Probably the hardest and not very easy to spot. I’m wondering if I wrote these sentences correctly?

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