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sentence fragment
noun
grammar : a group of words that is written out as a sentence but that lacks a subject or verb
Full Definition of SENTENCE FRAGMENT
: a word, phrase, or clause that usually has in speech the intonation of a sentence but lacks the grammatical structure usually found in the sentences of formal and especially written composition
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First Known Use of SENTENCE FRAGMENT
1947
Rhymes with SENTENCE FRAGMENT
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