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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sentences?

Hi,
I read the following on a book cover:
Over 6,000 entries. The most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is.
Are they cleft sentences or sentences with implied subjects and verbs?
In the second sentence, what kind of phrase is 'there is' and why?
Thanks
  

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"Over 6,000 entries" is a shorthand or bullet-point style way of saying "This book contains over 6,000 entries" or similar. "The most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is" is similarly for "This book is the most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is". "there is" is a relative clause.

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  • "Over 6,000 entries" is a shorthand or bullet-point style way of saying "This book contains over 6,000 entries" or similar.
  • "The most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is" is similarly for "This book is the most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is".
  • "there is" is a relative clause.
  • e the most comprehensive collection that exists.
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"Over 6,000 entries" is a shorthand or bullet-point style way of saying "This book contains over 6,000 entries" or similar.

"The most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is" is similarly for "This book is the most comprehensive collection of humorous quotations there is".

"there is" is a relative clause. It means "the most comprehensive collection of humorous qu
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Interesting.
So, they are not actually sentences.
Is that what you mean?
Thanks Emotion: smile
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No, they are not grammatically complete sentences. They are deliberately written in an abbreviated style.
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Great,
Thanks for the helpEmotion: smile
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