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Who thinks fragments are a blight.
Learning Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn how to:
1 Explain what a sentence fragment is.
2 Correct dependent clause fragments.
3 Fix verbal phrase fragments.
4 Revise missing-subject fragments.
5 Correct example and exception fragments.
6 Fix prepositional phrase fragments.
The woman in the photograph above seems
horrified by the fragments of broken mirror that
reflect her image. Perhaps she is superstitious
and believes that a broken mirror will bring seven
years’ bad luck. Of course, she could also be an
English professor, suddenly reminded of the many
severed sentence parts, or fragments, she has
encountered during her career.
