Sentence Skills: Sentence Fragments
Hello I would like to know if the underlined part of the sentence below is a sentence or a fragment:
Charlotte loved the movie Gone with the Wind, but Clyde hate it. His chief objection was that it lasted four hours.
My understanding is that a sentence has to have a subject, a verb, and express a complete thought to be considered a COMPLETE SENTENCE. In this sentence, the first two words "his chief" makes me feel a bit confused as they "cloud" the subject (objection).
Can you even start a sentence with a possessive pronoun (his) and an adjective (chief)? this initial part in the underlined sentence above is the one that confuses me. Please let me know.
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Yes, it is a complete sentence. The subject is the noun phrase "His chief objection". "His" and "chief" both modify "objection".
- Yes, it is a complete sentence.
- The subject is the noun phrase "His chief objection".
- "His" and "chief" both modify "objection".
- There is nothing unusual or problematic about having "possessive pronoun + adjective + noun" as the subject of the sentence.
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Yes, it is a complete sentence. The subject is the noun phrase "His chief objection". "His" and "chief" both modify "objection". There is nothing unusual or problematic about having "possessive pronoun + adjective + noun" as the subject of the sentence.
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