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== Sentence == | == Sentence == | ||
* a complete and grammatically correct thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb | * a complete and grammatically correct thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb or predicate | ||
** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence and thought. | ** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence and thought. | ||
** "Go!" = the subject, usually, "you" is implied | ** "Go!" = the subject, usually, "you" is implied | ||
*** this form of a command is called an "imperative" or "exclamatory" sentence. | *** this form of a command is called an "imperative" or "exclamatory" sentence. | ||
* sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object''' by adding: | * sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object/Predicate''' by adding: | ||
** clauses | ** clauses | ||
** modifiers | ** modifiers | ||
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=== Categories of sentence purposes === | === Categories of sentence purposes === | ||
* declarative sentence | * declarative sentence | ||
** | ** makes a statement | ||
** | ** most sentences are declarative in that they state something | ||
* exclamatory sentence | * exclamatory sentence | ||
= a statement of urgency or emotion | ** = a statement of urgency or emotion | ||
** also called an "exclamation" | *** also called an "exclamation" | ||
** ex. "That really hurt!" | ** ex. "That really hurt!" | ||
* interrogative sentence | * interrogative sentence | ||
** = | ** = a question or a request | ||
** ex. "Is it raining?" | ** ex. "Is it raining?" | ||
** | ** may include rhetorical questions, such as, "Why does it have to rain now?" which may also be considered declarative | ||
* imperative sentence | * imperative sentence | ||
** = a or command | ** = a or command | ||
*** ex., "Get to work!" | |||
** may also be an exclamatory statement | ** may also be an exclamatory statement | ||
** ex. | *** ex. "No!" | ||
== Subject == | == Subject == | ||
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=== subject phrase === | === subject phrase === | ||
* the subject of a sentence may not logically be a single word | |||
* a "subject phrase" is two or more words that collectively act as the "doer" or subject of a sentence | |||
** ex. "The conditions are poor" is a complete sentence and thought, but lacks important details as to "conditions" of what?" | |||
*** so a more complete "subject phrase" might be, | |||
**** "The weather conditions are poor" | |||
**** "The conditions of those teams are poor" | |||
== Predicate == | == Predicate == | ||