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A '''sentence''' is when a person tells what an object did or does. The person tells what the thing did using signs or words. He might speak the words or write them down. An example sentence is, “Birds sing.” The following are two more sentences. Frogs jump. Dogs bark. The statement, “Wolves howl,” is a sentence because it says what did what and nothing more or less. In other words, it makes complete sense.<ref>p. 4, Conklin, Benj. Y. ''A Complete Graded Course in English Grammar and Composition.'' New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.</ref> | A '''sentence''' is when a person tells what an object did or does. The person tells what the thing did using signs or words. He might speak the words or write them down. An example sentence is, “Birds sing.” The following are two more sentences. Frogs jump. Dogs bark. The statement, “Wolves howl,” is a sentence because it says what did what and nothing more or less. In other words, it makes complete sense.<ref>p. 4, Conklin, Benj. Y. ''A Complete Graded Course in English Grammar and Composition.'' New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:55, 12 April 2011
A sentence is when a person tells what an object did or does. The person tells what the thing did using signs or words. He might speak the words or write them down. An example sentence is, “Birds sing.” The following are two more sentences. Frogs jump. Dogs bark. The statement, “Wolves howl,” is a sentence because it says what did what and nothing more or less. In other words, it makes complete sense.[1]
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Things not actions, e.g. a tree. [e]
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Words name things, e.g. the word tree. [e]
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Name objects singular and plural, e.g. tree is singular in number; trees, plural. Both words are nouns. [e]
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Tell what something did or does, e.g. “Trees shade.” [e]
References
- ↑ p. 4, Conklin, Benj. Y. A Complete Graded Course in English Grammar and Composition. New York, Boston, and Chicago: D. Appleton and Company.