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Jackson6612 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Although I have asked him only for his birthday

Is the given text a phrase or sentence? What other could I have used instead of text?

Although I have asked him only for his birthday.
  

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Hi Jackson Without the word "although", you would have a grammatically complete sentence. With the word "although" at the beginning, you in essence have half a sentence (a sentence fragment). "

— Yankee

  • Hi Jackson Without the word "although", you would have a grammatically complete sentence.
  • With the word "although" at the beginning, you in essence have half a sentence (a sentence fragment).
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Hi Jackson

Without the word "although", you would have a grammatically complete sentence.
With the word "although" at the beginning, you in essence have half a sentence (a sentence fragment).

You could have also asked something like this, for example:
"Are the following words a phrase or a sentence?"
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Hi Amy,
YankeeWithout the word "although", you would have a grammatically complete sentence.
With the word "although" at the beginning, you in essence have half a sentence (a sentence fragment).

Would it be considered a sentence if I place although after the subject ''I''?
I, although, have only asked him for his birthday.
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No, that would only succeed in making it sound weird in addition to being incomplete.
The word "although" typically introduces a subordinate clause.
I cannot think of any examples in which it would not be the first word.
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You can read a little bit about subordinate clauses here:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm

And you can read a bit about word order for "although" and "though" in the usage note here:
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