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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Complete Sentences
The words "no," "yes," "okay," etc. are said to be elliptical constructions or pro-sentences; my question is are these words considered complete sentences in WRITTEN English? As well, I am not including dialogue between characters (such as in a novel) in written English. Also, what is considered to be the shortest complete sentence in English? Any help on these matters would be appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. Having just written, "Thank you," I am now wondering if that's a complete sentence? Is "thank" the verb/predicate and "you" the subject?
P.S. Having just written, "Thank you," I am now wondering if that's a complete sentence? Is "thank" the verb/predicate and "you" the subject?
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Hi, T his obviously depends on how you define 'a sentence'. com/dictionary/sentence a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses Do you have a different definition? The words "no," "yes," "okay," etc.
- Hi, T his obviously depends on how you define 'a sentence'.
- com/dictionary/sentence a word, clause, or phrase or a group of clauses or phrases forming a syntactic unit which expresses an assertion, a question, a command, a wish, an exclamation, or the performance of an action, that in writing usually begins with a capital letter and concludes with appropriate end punctuation, and that in speaking is distinguished by characteristic patterns of stress, pitch, and pauses Do you have a different definition?
- The words "no," "yes," "okay," etc.
- are said to be elliptical constructions or pro-sentences; my question is are these words considered complete sentences in WRITTEN English?
- I would say so.
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Hi,
This obviously depends on how you define 'a sentence'.
Here's one definition, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentence
This obviously depends on how you define 'a sentence'.
Here's one definition, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentence
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