College Composition / Unit 3 CMP 0052 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Dependent-Clause Fragments
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The idea
The commonest fragment is a dependent clause, beginning with a word like because, although or which, set off as its own sentence.
In practice
"Enrollment fell. Although tuition stayed the same." The second group has a subject and verb, but although makes it depend on another clause.
Where people slip
Fix it by attaching it to the sentence it explains: "Enrollment fell, although tuition stayed the same."
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