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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
** = a statement or "declaration" of fact or firm opinion
** makes a statement
** ex. "I need to eat now."
** 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  
** = or a question or a request
** = a question or a request
** ex. "Is it raining?"
** ex. "Is it raining?"
** includes rhetorical questions, such as "Why does it have to rain now?" (which may also be delcarative
** 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., "Get to work!"
*** 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 ==