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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

A true sentence

What is a true sentence? Does that refer to a sentence correct in gramma or a sentence describing an event faithfully? Or what else?
  

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A lot of English learners confuse the meaning of the word "true," thinking it means grammatically correct. it means factually correct. I have seven cats.

— BarbaraPA

  • A lot of English learners confuse the meaning of the word "true," thinking it means grammatically correct.
  • it means factually correct.
  • I have seven cats.
  • -- This is a grammatically correct statement.
  • It is not true.
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A lot of English learners confuse the meaning of the word "true," thinking it means grammatically correct. it means factually correct.

I have seven cats. -- This is a grammatically correct statement. It is not true.
I be 4 cat's having. -- This is a horribly incorrect statement grammatically, but it is true.
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I think people may exclaim "That's not a true sentence!" meaning that it's not gramatically correct. Sometimes, writers use fragments for effect, or style, such as:

His cats really seemed to hate me.

All eighteen of them.
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It looks as if is going to rain
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AnonymousIt looks as if is going to rain
What does this have to do with question asked six years ago about "true" and "correct"?
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