Commas

Question 1

What is a fragment

Answer 1

A small part broken or separated off something.

Question 2

Sentence

Answer 2

set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

Question 3

Clause

Answer 3

said to consist of a subject and predicate.

Question 4

Independent clause

Answer 4

An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence

Question 5

Dependent clause

Answer 5

A dependent clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb. It does not express a complete thought so it is not a sentence and can’t stand alone.

Question 6

Comma

Answer 6

punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence.

Question 7

Complex sentence

Answer 7

It sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses

Question 8

Simple sentence

Answer 8

A sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.

Question 9

Compound sentence

Answer 9

A sentence with more that one subject or predicate