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Jigneshbharati Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Unit of meaning

A sentence is a self-contained unit of meaning.
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What does unit of meaning mean here?

What does "unit" mean here?

  

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Jigneshbharati unit of meaning It's a single undivided whole that expresses a thought or thoughts in a way that a single word or phrase cannot. 'on time' doesn't express as much meaning as 'We had to rush to be on time that day'. Smaller groups than a sentence express much less meaning.

  • Jigneshbharati unit of meaning It's a single undivided whole that expresses a thought or thoughts in a way that a single word or phrase cannot.
  • 'on time' doesn't express as much meaning as 'We had to rush to be on time that day'.
  • Smaller groups than a sentence express much less meaning.
  • CJ
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Jigneshbharatiunit of meaning

It's a single undivided whole that expresses a thought or thoughts in a way that a single word or phrase cannot.

'on time' doesn't express as much meaning as 'We had to rush to be on time that day'. Smaller groups than a sentence express much less meaning.

CJ

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