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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Heraclitus

Please correct sentences for me:

A free flowing body of water is constantly in motion and is continuously changing. Making its essential nature visibly apparent.

Should this be one sentence or two sentences?

Thanks!
  

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PreciousJones Should this be one sentence or two sentences? One. But you knew that, didn't you?

— CalifJim

  • PreciousJones Should this be one sentence or two sentences?
  • One.
  • But you knew that, didn't you?
  • Where is the main verb in the part that starts with "Making"?
  • There is none.
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PreciousJonesShould this be one sentence or two sentences?
One. But you knew that, didn't you? Where is the main verb in the part that starts with "Making"? There is none. You can't dress that fragment up with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end and expect it to stand alone as a sentence; it has no finite verb.
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CalifJim PreciousJonesShould this be one sentence or two sentences?One. But you knew that, didn't you? Where is the main verb in the part that starts with "Making"? There is none. You can't dress that fragment up with a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end and expect it to stand alone as a sentence; it has no finite verb. CJ
What is a finite
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PreciousJonesWhat is a finite verb? Thanks!
A main verb with its inflection (ending), including the case where the proper ending is no ending at all.

is, are, was, were, etc.

He knows the answer.
We wanted to see more.
She has been sick.
They have taken the money.
The boys are running
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