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Guyper Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Which sentences are correct?

1. The cage is made of iron bars
2. The cage that is made of iron bars
3. A cage is made of iron bars
4, A cage that is made of iron bars
5. Cage made of iron bars

And is there any of them that only work as a headline/title but not as a sentence?

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Top answer

1. The cage is made of iron bars . -- sentence 2.

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  • The cage is made of iron bars .
  • -- sentence 2.
  • The cage that is made of iron bars -- not a complete sentence 3.
  • A cage is made of iron bars .
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1. The cage is made of iron bars. -- sentence
2. The cage that is made of iron bars -- not a complete sentence
3. A cage is made of iron bars. -- sentence
4, A cage that is made of iron bars -- not a complete sentence
5. Cage made of iron bars -- not a sentence, headline style

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Couldn't "The cage that is made of iron bars." and "A cage that is made of iron bars." be complete sentences if used as captions for photos in a manual or sales leaflet, for example?
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They're fine as captions, but they're not complete sentences.

Each of the two consists of a complete dependent clause and an incomplete independent clause, which disqualifies them as sentences for me.
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