“United we stand, divided we fall.” a very popular saying in the English language. Wondering what has this saying in connection to the topic. If we analyse the sentence we find that it explains the very nature of the sentence wherein each group of words is meaningless unless we have some subject defined in between which adds value to the sentence. These groups of word which do not have any importance of its own are termed as sentence fragments. In the above saying, united stand, divided fall does not give a definite thought on its own, but when “we” is added as a subject, it gives the sentence a complete meaning. Other sentence fragments are those which either lack a subject or lack an action or is a dependent clause standing alone. Setting the context, let us understand the different types of sentence fragments which are commonly used.
• Prepositional Phrase: Fragments starting with a preposition like in, above, near, etc are an ideal way to start a sentence but should not be used everywhere else it may sound repetitive. For example: In spite of injury, I won the match. In the above example, I won the match is the main clause.
• Appositional Phrase: These kinds of fragment add an extra meaning to the sentence. The sentences without appositional fragments would also have its own meaning; these fragments add an extra dimension to the dimension. For example: My friend, Tommy, is an excellent speaker.
• Participial Phrase: These types of fragment use past tense, which acts as an adjective.
• Gerund Phrase: These types of fragments use a verb ending within. This makes the gerund sound like a noun. For example: I earn part time money, driving cab on weekends.
• Infinitive Phrase: Fragments use the infinitive form of “to” verb. For example: To break a record, he swam across the Panama Canal.
• Adjective Clause: Who, which, that which describes the noun of the clause are called adjective clauses.
• Adverb Clause: These fragments describe the verb of the main clause.
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