Example: The prices of vegetables have gone down
in the last year. Because the weather has been excellent. frag
Explanation: This sentence is a fragment because
a sentence that starts with "Because" must have two parts
to it.
Correction: Because the weather
has been excellent, the prices of vegetables have gone down in the last
year.
Example: After I bought 300 hundred shares
of stock. frag
I put the rest of the money in the bank.
Explanation: Dependent word phrases cannot stand
alone as sentences. Therefore it is necessary to add a subject plus
verb phrase and object after the dependent word phrase. Some examples
of other dependent words are: although, when, whenever, if, since, and
before.
Correction: After I bought
300 hundred shares of stock, I put the rest of the money in the bank.