sentence fragment
noun
a phrase or clause written as a sentence but lacking an element, as a subject or verb, that would enable it to function as an independent sentence in normative written English.
Origin of sentence fragment
First recorded in 1945–50
grammar notes for sentence fragment
See
sentence.
Words nearby sentence fragment
sent,
sente,
sentence,
sentence adverb,
sentence connector,
sentence fragment,
sentence stress,
sentence substitute,
sentencing circle,
sententia,
sentential