大学英语作文1500字：The two or three main areas of campus life that need improvement
avoiding sentence fragments
a sentence is defined as a group of words containing a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. if any of these elements is missing, then the group of words isnt a sentence. a fragment is a group of words that is punctuated like a sentence and that is trying to function as a sentence, but one of the necessary elements is missing.
there are several ways to find and correct fragments. any group of words functioning as a sentence should be checked for the basics. does it have a subject? does it have a verb? does it start with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun that keeps the thought from being complete? if the answer to any of the questions is no, it is a fragment.
correcting fragments is fairly simple and you have several options. for a fragment that is missing a subject or verb, add the missing element. if the problem is a subordinating conjunction, the conjunction can be removed which would make the fragment a complete sentence. another option is to join the fragment to another sentence either before it or after it in the paragraph creating a comple sentence.
no matter how you choose to correct the fragment, it is important for you to eliminate them from your writing. fragments are considered to be a major grammatical error in writing because they indicate that the writer isnt sure what a sentence is. readers will often not pay attention to the point a writer is making if the reader thinks the writer doesnt even understand how to write a complete sentence.
