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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Correct usage.


https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/89892/clause-vs-phrase-vs-sentence/89945#89945

Any clause is also a sentence. The difference between clause and sentence makes sense when a complement is specified by means of other clause: "I know he likes me". "He likes me" is a clause working as a direct object of the main sentence.To conclude, "He likes me" is a clause and a sentence while "I know he likes me" is a sentence but not a clause.


Are we saying here that the sentence needs to have a complement (another clause) to be considered a sentence and not just a clause ?


But we can have for instance Dogs walk, people talk, dogs bark, Stop! and they are sentences.








  

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panda blue 483 Are we saying here that the sentence needs to have a complement (another clause) to be considered a sentence and not just a clause ? No.

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  • panda blue 483 Are we saying here that the sentence needs to have a complement (another clause) to be considered a sentence and not just a clause ?
  • No.
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panda blue 483Are we saying here that the sentence needs to have a complement (another clause) to be considered a sentence and not just a clause ?

No.

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panda blue 483Are we saying here that the sentence needs to have a complement (another clause) to be considered a sentence and not just a clause ?

No. Some clauses contain complements, and some don't. This is not related to the topic of different types of sentences and clauses.

panda blue 483Any clause is also a sentence.
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