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Because she was sick Is this sentence run-on fragment misplaced modifier or a lack of parallelism?

The sentence "Because she was sick" is a fragment.

Here's why:

* Incomplete thought: It lacks a main verb and a complete idea. We need to know what happened *because* she was sick.

* Dependent clause: It starts with a dependent clause ("Because she was sick") which needs an independent clause to make a complete sentence.

To fix it, you need to add a main clause:

* Example: "Because she was sick, she stayed home from school."

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