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AAAHHH Posted 20 years ago
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Could someone tell me what 'minor sentence' is and if 'Damn you!' is one?

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Hi, I hadn't encountered this term, so I searched via Google. If you do that, you can find quite a lot of definition and discussion about this. The meaning seems to be that it is a sentence fragment, possibly even just one word, from which you can understand a complete meaning.

— Clive

  • Hi, I hadn't encountered this term, so I searched via Google.
  • If you do that, you can find quite a lot of definition and discussion about this.
  • The meaning seems to be that it is a sentence fragment, possibly even just one word, from which you can understand a complete meaning.
  • eg Q: Where is Tom?
  • (complete sentence) A: In the shower.
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Hi,

I hadn't encountered this term, so I searched via Google. If you do that, you can find quite a lot of definition and discussion about this.

The meaning seems to be that it is a sentence fragment, possibly even just one word, from which you can understand a complete meaning. eg

Q: Where is Tom? (complete sentence)

A: In the shower. (minor sentence. What we
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AAAHHHCould someone tell me what 'minor sentence' is and if '**** you!' is one?

thanx

It's what many prescriptivists an moaners call a "sentence fragment".
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Clive

Hi,

I hadn't encountered this term, so I searched via Google. If you do that, you can find quite a lot of definition and discussion about this.

The meaning seems to be that it is a sentence fragment, possibly even just one word, from which you can understand a complete meaning. eg

Q: Where is Tom? (complete sentence)

A: In the shower. (mino

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