ENG 1131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sentence Clause Structure, Dependent Clause

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1131
• Professor: Jeanie Warnock

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Every sentence has a subject and a verb. Sentence fragments = an incomplete sentence: subordinate conjunction without main clause e. g, after i went to the store. e. g, Because you wore that hat: a phrase without a main clause. e. g, eating my breakfast, an example that is not attached to a main clause. Fragments can be a subordinate clause. e. g, because i was mad. Fragments can be prepositional phrases. e. g, in the early morning. Fragments can be a verbal phrase. e. g, running across the field. Fragments can be an example not attached to the main clause. e. g, expensive and dirty e. g, i was in my room, watching tv. Fragments can be used for emphasis: e. g, she thanked me fore returning the gift. After she checked the contents. e. g, he gave me the money. Run on sentence = too many thoughts in one sentence.