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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Type of usage with colon

For sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Is this a sentence ?

It's listed on a English website as a complete sentence by Hemingway.

I thought what ever proceeds a colon is a separate part of a sentence? Eitherway it doesn't have subject- verb agreement.

For sale: A used pair of baby shoes which have never been worn. ( sentence)


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How would you descibe this usage?. The comma feels wrong to me. It's missing a subject too.


  

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panda blue 483 For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Is this a sentence ? It is de facto a sentence.

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  • panda blue 483 For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
  • Is this a sentence ?
  • It is de facto a sentence.
  • It has an abbreviated feel, like a notice.
  • panda blue 483 I thought what ever proceeds a colon is a separate part of a sentence?
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panda blue 483For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
Is this a sentence ?

It is de facto a sentence. It has an abbreviated feel, like a notice.

panda blue 483I thought what ever proceeds a colon is a separate part of a sentence? Eitherway it doesn't have subject- verb agreement.

There is no main verb, but I w

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panda blue 483For sale: baby shoes, never worn. ... It's listed on a English website as a complete sentence by Hemingway.

Sentence? Why not go even farther? The original claim was that it isn't just a sentence; it's a short story. The claimed authorship is highly doubtful, however.

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