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Deborahjeong Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Is the sentence considered one independent sentence or two independent sentences?
We can return or exchange the purchased items.I have a question. Is the sentence considered one independent sentence or two independent sentences? I think it is one indenpendent sentence. (I am not talking about as for a clause but as for an independent sentence) Could you help me clarify it? Thank you always.
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deborahjeong We can return or exchange the purchased items. It's one independent clause (sentence) with a compound predicate. CJ
- deborahjeong We can return or exchange the purchased items.
- It's one independent clause (sentence) with a compound predicate.
- CJ
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deborahjeongWe can return or exchange the purchased items.
It's one independent clause (sentence) with a compound predicate.
CJ
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We can [return or exchange the purchased items].
Yes, there is only one sentence, as evidenced by there being only one terminal point.
In grammatical terms, the underlined element is a coordination of two verbs functioning as head of the bracketed clause. The direct object "the purchased items" relates to the coordination.
Since the bracketed element is a
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