Why is this fragment?
What is wrong with this sentence? Since I don’t know what you don’t know,
why?
Apparently, this is my word fragment (i.e. a paragraph fragment). MS Word does not recognize this word. When I look at the examples, I would find this to be false. Why does MS Word say the same things about older versions of
Word?
Should I write a FAQ for my online syllabus (don’t worry, I’m teaching math, not English). Why are your lectures so terrible?
I know a lie but I don’t know all a lie. I’m sorry for nothing. I hate myself so much for it. When I receive an answer from you, I get a better sense of how confusing it looks.
I think that this sentence is a perfectly legal one. I need this piece of data and any sample of calculations that reflect that, which make you incapable of understanding my very clear explanation of using the shell method to calculate the volume of a solid generated by revolving a region outlined by a few functions around another line (I mean, really?
The subject is I. What am I doing? I’m not knowing, the verb. The remainder of a plain English sentence.
How much is a Macbook pro with MS Word better than a calculus 2 student?
What are the best things to say in an interview about the upcoming FIFA World Cup?
Why is it that traditional formal grammar does not permit statements that are bound by context alone? (The rule is often summarized as Thou shalt not begin a sentence with a conjunction.) You would be expected, in formal English, to write something like My
lectures are “terrible” because I don’t know what you don’t know.
Why is there a question in Quora: why is X? is in plain view…, you would still be required to say X because Y rather than simply Because Y, even though it is unlikely that you would use X because Y in conversation unless you were being very explicit (perhaps because you needed to pick out an individual X from a question containing many things in the class X ) etc.
You are not free to ignore this rule as it applies to other text. No doubt you will get some grief from the language mavens (Stanley Pinker, MT) if you go with the less formal and more natural formulation even if there is no Guardian Editor standing between you and your audience, but your formulation is only wrong according to Artificial imposed rules rather than according to the actual grammar of the English language.
Firstly, Microsoft Word is correct in its designation of Because I don’t know what you don’t know as a fragment. Because is a subordinated conjunction that fronts a dependent clause. Should we refer simply? Or are we really into subordinating the dependent clause? For example, a dependent clause written without its associated independent clause is a prime example of a sentence fragment.
The grammar feedback or the reminder in Word must be presented as alerting the reader to certain aspects of the text. Then the passives. It does that separately. This feedback should not be regarded as prescriptive; there will be numerous occasions when feedback can absolutely be ignored. Your context of origin is an example. Since I don’t know what you don’t know then the fragment for “because I don’t know what you do” follows the question. Why do this ambiguity arise?
What is a sentence fragment?
The We made it one.
What do you know that we don’t?
Is a sentence. Is its word for an event?
I know what you don’t know, so when I’ll go over things I know I’ll probably skip it.
Is a sentence.
Why I don’t know what you don’t know
I is a fragment (because) nowhere in the sentence is Because explained.
I’m sure there’s more complicated terminology.
