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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 or predicate | * 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. | ||
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** phrases | ** phrases | ||
** prepositions, etc. | ** prepositions, etc. | ||
=== Constituents === | |||
[[File:Sentence-constituent-parts school4schools-wiki-grammar.jpg|500px||border|right]] | |||
* constituent = a word or words that creates a unique grammatical unit in a sentence | |||
** word origin: | |||
*** ''con-'' = with | |||
*** ''stitu'' = from PIE ''-sta'' and Latin ''statuare'' for "to stand" | |||
*** ''-ent'' = having the condition of (the suffix indicates a noun) | |||
* constituent parts of a sentence are those that we can consider coherent elements or groupings within a sentence | |||
** constituent parts operates as an heirarchy | |||
*** i.e,. "Sam and I" = noun phrase that is made up of a noun + a conjunction + a noun | |||
=== Categories of sentence purposes === | === Categories of sentence purposes === | ||