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Strategies for fixing sentence fragments

Are your sentences incomplete and you need ways to solve them? This story is just for that.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
In simple terms, fragmented sentences are incomplete sentences.

E.g. - Tea or Coffee?
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
1. Sentence missing a subject or predicate (or both)

E.g. - a) Going soon b) The best husband of all c) Oh my god!
There are 3 types of sentence fragments.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
2. Sentence where the transitive verb is without a direct object
E.g. - She lives.
3. Subordinate clause without an independent clause
E.g. - When the time was time.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
But how do we fix these fragments?

 Well, there are three easy ways.
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
After you identify what is missing in the sentence - subject/predicate/direct object/independent clause - add it to the sentence to make complete sense.
A) Add the missing part.
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Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
You can change the punctuation and reframe your sentence so that all the necessary elements are present.
B) Reframe your sentence
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Instead of 'She felt lonely. As she had no one.', you can write, 'She felt lonely as she had no one.'
For instance
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017
You can use popular grammar apps that will point out sentence fragments and help you to correct them.
C) Use tools for grammar checks.
Since sentence fragments are mostly found in writing, check out the link for the top 6 effective IELTS writing tips.
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