| A | B |
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| Because Mickey stands too far from the plate and missed the outside pitch. | FRAGMENT "Because" is a subordinator. The whole thing is a subordinate clause. |
| The pilot hears no no noise when the plane breaks the sound barrier. | SENTENCE The first part is a main clause. Only the second part is a subordinate clause. |
| Leaving Ken in charge of the class without any adult present. | FRAGMENT "Leaving" has no helping verb and no subject |
| Using very little gas, the 2 HP engine is very economical. | SENTENCE "The HP engine is" gives the main clause a subject and predicate. |
| While we were waiting for a bus to take us to the game. | FRAGMENT "While" is a subordinator. The whole thing is a subordinate clause. |
| After flying to Denver and taking a bus to the ski resort. | FRAGMENT "After" is a preposition. "Landing" and "Taking" have no helping verb and no subject. |
| The beautiful girl who is every young man's dream. | FRAGMENT "Who"is a subordinator and takes up all the words that follow into a subordinate clause. |
| My mother was watching TV as my dad read the paper. | SENTENCE "My mother was watching TV" is a main clause. Note the helping verb for "watching." |
| Waiting to seize a passing fish, a lobster hides in its underground cave. | SENTENCE "A lobster hides" is subject a nd predicate for the main clause. |
| Burned and partially destroyed by fire last evening. | FRAGMENT "Burned" and "destroyed" have no subject and no helping verbs. |
| Cleaning and scrubbing pots and pans which will be dirty again in a few hours. | FRAGMENT "Cleaning" and "scrubbing" have no subject or helping verbs. "Which" is a subordinator, making the ending a subordinate clause |
| To swim properly and with confidence. | FRAGMENT No subject |
| On the far side of the field on the Johnson farm | FRAGMENT Nothing but prepositional phrases are here. |
| To make outside shots consistently from outside the arc. | FRAGMENT No subject, only a few prepositional phrases |
| To avoid being sick, Cindy left the theater right away | SENTENCE "Cindy left" are the subject and predicate of the main clause. |
| After dawn I tried to catch some bass one more time. | SENTENCE "I tried" is the subject and predicate. Note that "after dawn" is a prepositional phrase here. "After" is not a subordinator here. Prepositions take an object ("dawn.") |
| A combination of two plants grown in India and Pakistan. | FRAGMENT No main clause. "Combination" might be a subject, but "grown" needs a helping verb ("Is grown") to be a predicate. |
| As he opened the door and peeked out into bright daylight. | FRAGMENT "As" is a subordinator. The whole thing is a subordinate clause. |
| Setting out in the early part of August in the heat of the morning. | FRAGMENT No subject and "setting out" needs a helping verb. |
| To break through the thick bushes, we used a board. | SENTENCE "We used" is a subject and predicate. "We used a board" is the main clause |
