Terms/sentence structure.
a dependent clause can be the head of a sentence if it does not 'proceed as a main clause from the previous sentence.'
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Jenny buys her flowers from the store. This is the essence of consumerism.
This is the essence of consumerism (dependent head : complete main clause).
Proceeds as a main clause from the previous sentence.
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html I think you might mean 'the beginning of a sentence'. At least that would avoid confusion with the technical definition of 'head of a sentence' in linguistics. panda blue 483 Is this statement accurate ?
- html I think you might mean 'the beginning of a sentence'.
- At least that would avoid confusion with the technical definition of 'head of a sentence' in linguistics.
- panda blue 483 Is this statement accurate ?
- To determine if it's accurate one first has to know what it means.
- I can't make heads or tails of it.
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panda blue 483the head of a sentence
"The head of a sentence is usually taken to be the tensed verb, and every other word is either dependent on the sentence head, or connects to it through a path of dependencies."
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