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New Hope Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Simple Sentence.

Can two-word sentence as the ones below be called simple sentences?
Dad drives, I eat, The cat runs, Mum cuts, etc?
  

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Can a two-word sentence as the ones below be called a simple sentence s ? Dad drives, I eat, The cat runs, Mum cuts, etc?

  • Can a two-word sentence as the ones below be called a simple sentence s ?
  • Dad drives, I eat, The cat runs, Mum cuts, etc?
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Can a two-word sentence as the ones below be called a simple sentences? Dad drives, I eat, The cat runs, Mum cuts, etc?
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haroon rashid Can two-word sentences such as the ones below be called simple sentences? Dad drives, I eat, The cat runs, Mum cuts, etc?
Yes they can. However, without more context, only the first sounds natural, and the last is very unnatural. The second has three words.
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fivejedjonYes they can.
Not in formal language, in my opinion.
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khoshtipNot in formal language, in my opinion.
Here is the Oxford online Dictionary's definition of 'sentence': A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clau
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khoshtipNot in formal language, in my opinion.
How about these then? Emotion: wink

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