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What is the definition of a complete sentence as a group of words working together to do what?
A complete sentence is a group of words that contain a person, place or thing doing something, and work together to express a complete thought.
Main clauses express a complete thought and appear in sentences?
Yes, a sentence has to have at least one independent clause, expressing a complete thought w/o depending on another. This means that a sentence could be made up of only one independent clause. Perhaps it does not express the complete thought you wanted to portray when you were righting the sentence, though, which is why you would then either write a new sentence or add a dependent clause, one that only makes sense with the independent clause.
Is during a thunderstorm a sentence?
No. It is a prepositional phrase It does not have a subject or verb and does not express a complete thought. And example of a sentence with this phrase is: "The tree fell during a thunderstorm."
A group of words that does not express a complete thought is called a?
A sentence fragment is a group of words that do not express a complete idea due to the omission of a subject or verb (or both).Examples:The catrunning away from the strangerCold water
A group of words that includes a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought is called?
A group of words with a subject and verb that do not express a complete thought is known as a phrase. A sentence that includes a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone because it begins with a subordinate word is known as a dependent clause.
Does a dependent clause express a complete thought?
No, a dependent clause does not express a complete thought on its own. It relies on an independent clause to form a complete sentence.
What are the two purposes of a sentence?
The purpose of a sentence is to express a complete thought. To be a complete thought, a sentence must contain a subject and a verb. (A verb is an action word, aka predicate.)
A does not express a complete thought?
Sentence fragment - an incomplete sentence that is punctuated as though it were complete.A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought.It has two basic parts:* a subject (names who or what the sentence is about) * and a predicate (says something about the subject)
What clause relies on the rest of the sentence in order to express a complete thought?
A dependent clause relies on the rest of the sentence to form a complete thought. It cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it is a sentence fragment that lacks a subject, verb, or both.
What do you call a group of words that have a subject and a verb and express a complete thought?
A sentence or an independent clause is a group of words that has a subject, a verb, and forms a complete thought.
What is subordinate clauses?
A subordinate clause is a clause that can not stand alone as a complete sentence, because it does not express a complete thought
Can a prepositional phrase be an entire sentence?
No, but it can have the meaning of an entire sentence.
If a sentence is a dependent clause with no subject is it a fragment?
A sentence is defined as a group of words that express a complete thought and that can stand alone. A dependent clause, whether or not it has a subject, does not express a complete thought because it is dependent on the independent clause to help it stand. And a clause has to have a subject, and a verb, or else it is defined as a phrase.
What contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence?
A dependent clause contains a subject and a verb but needs to be attached to an independent clause to form a complete sentence. It does not express a complete thought on its own and relies on the independent clause for context and meaning.
What term means a sentence does not express a complete thought?
A term often used to mean a sentence that does not express a complete thought is either:an incomplete thought (or)a sentence fragmentExamples of sentence fragments:When she came into (...)After the woman finished shopping (...)At the time, she (...)My whole heart.Whenever he (...).The winds (...).She was (...).I wanted (...).He looked (...).Walking.Fragments are missing Who, What, When, Where, Why, How, or any 1 or more of these.He went (where?).She was (what?).
What is a group of words that's missing a subject a verb or a complete thought called?
A group of words that is missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought is called a sentence fragment. This type of sentence does not express a complete idea on its own.
What is an incomplete sentence also called?
An incomplete sentence is also called a fragment. It is a group of words that does not form a complete thought or express a complete idea.
