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Londonderry Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Complete sentences?
Are these complete sentences or fragments?
She is.
They will.
A girl does.
I know.
A politician should.
She is.
They will.
A girl does.
I know.
A politician should.
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Although they have a seemingly fragmentary appearance, you would have to consider the first four to be complete sentences, because in the proper context they are. For example, the following are correct: A: Is she married? B: She is.
- Although they have a seemingly fragmentary appearance, you would have to consider the first four to be complete sentences, because in the proper context they are.
- For example, the following are correct: A: Is she married?
- B: She is.
- C: Will they join us?
- D: They will.
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Although they have a seemingly fragmentary appearance, you would have to consider the first four to be complete sentences, because in the proper context they are. For example, the following are correct:
A: Is she married?
B: She is.
C: Will they join us?
D: They will.
E: Does anyone really know if a man is insincere?
F: A girl does.
G: Does a
A: Is she married?
B: She is.
C: Will they join us?
D: They will.
E: Does anyone really know if a man is insincere?
F: A girl does.
G: Does a
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Dear Londonberry:
I would not dare say that all of them are non-clausal material.
I think, therefore I am.
She thinks,
She is.
I would not dare say that all of them are non-clausal material.
londonderryShe is.It could be a complete sentence is a strictly philosophical sense:
I think, therefore I am.
She thinks,
She is.
londonderryThey will.Again, in a philosophical sense it could be an independent sentence
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