The CFO felt certain that the merger would increase the company$$s share price.

Example $2$

Mr$.$ Green managed his firm with an iron grip.

A dependent clause may look like an independent clause because it contains a subject and a verb, but a dependent clause doesn$$t express a complete thought. A sentence fragment occurs when a dependent clause is punctuated as a simple sentence. To fix the fragment, you can remove the subordinating conjunction, or you can add a comma and an independent clause to form a complete thought.

Common subordinating conjunctions include after, although, as$,$ as if$,$ because, before, even if$,$ if$,$ in order to$,$ since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, and while.

Checkpoint

Identify the complete sentence.

The company$$s share price continued to increase.

When the merger between the large pharmaceutical giant and the biomedical engineering company was approved.

Until he improves his presentation skills.