The hazards of fragments

In the last weeks I critiqued extensively and received numerous critiques as well - which sometimes annoyed me no end because they kept harping about sentence fragments. But, as I wanted to get better, I didn't go off in a huff because people point things out they see as mistake. I took myself by the scruff of my neck and went back and cleared these fragments out where I felt they weren't really, truly needed. I did this because I said to myself 'Look stupid. If enough people are annoyed by this it probably is a good idea to pay attention'. But I felt defensive about it, even while I took their advice. This was about three weeks ago.

And now for the funny thing: Just now I read another's work, where fragments abounded - it read like it could have been me, three weeks back. And you know what? Suddenly I saw what those critiquers were meaning and that they were right. Reading this other work with its numerous fragments annoyed me as well; it really hit home that the way I am writing now is more clear. Disclaimer: to me