SENTENCE FRAGMENTS

A sentence fragment is a group of words that is missing either a subject or

a
piece of the predicate. Remember, in order to be a complete sentence, the
sentence must have a subject and a verb and make a complete thought. If
you cannot diagram a sentence because you cannot find the subject or the
verb, it very well may be a sentence fragment.
Can you diagram just the subjects and verbs in each of the following
sentences? Why not? What’s missing?
Incorrect
I like fresh vegetables, so I planted a garden. Over the weekend. Bought a
wee gnome. Hoping to have tomatoes, soon.
Let's break it down:
1. I like fresh vegetables, so I planted a garden.
This is a fine sentence. It's a compound sentence, and both halves of the
sentence have their own subjects and verbs.
2. Over the weekend.
This looks like a sentence because it has a capital letter at the beginning
and a period at the end. However, there is no subject and no verb. This is
a
sentence fragment.
3. Bought a wee gnome.
This, too, looks like a sentence because of the capital letter and end
punctuation. It also has a verb, "bought." However, it has no subject.
Understood you cannot be the subject because the verb tense doesn't tell
you, the listener or audience, what to do. It is a sentence fragment.
The corrected sentences each have a subject, a verb, and make a complete
thought.
Corrected
I like fresh vegetables, so I planted a garden. Over the weekend, I bought
a wee gnome. I am hoping to have tomatoes, soon.