Grammar Friday - Sentences
Every sentence has two things.
A subject and predicate. Predicate is a fancy word for a verb. Sometimes a sentence can be one word because another is implied. For example, “Run!”. If you shouted this word, “you” is implied or understood. “You, run!” is the understood meaning of the sentence.
A complete thought. Some phrases by themselves are not complete sentences. “A lonely highway”. This is not a sentence because it is not a complete thought. Where is the action, the verb? Is it the thing acting or being acted upon? We do not know therefore this is not a complete sentence.
When you are first learning English it is best to get good at simple sentences and then to work at more complicated ones. Understanding what a sentence is and what a subject and a verb are will help you when it is time to understand more complicated English sentences.
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