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What is a group of words expressing a complete thought?
In a sentence, an independent clause expresses a complete thought. A dependent clause, while it may contain nouns and verbs, does not create a sentence that could stand alone. Compound sentences contain more than one independent clause. Complex sentences contain one independent clause and one or more dependent ones. Compound-complex sentences contain more than one independent clause, and at least one dependent clause.
When a group of words expresses a complete thought it can stand alone as a sentence true or false?
it has to have a subject and a action to be a full sentence
Why is a sentence not complete without a verb?
Yes, James Santos example was (Emman run.). Emman = subject/Run = predicate its a complete sentence or an independent clause. A clause is a group of related words containing a subject that tells readers what the sentence is about, and a verb that tells readers what the subject is doing. An independent clause, also called a main clause, is a clause that can stand on its own. It contains all the information necessary to be a complete sentence. An independent clause has a subject that tells you what the sentence is about and a verb that tells you what the subject is doing. It expresses a complete thought, relaying that something has happened or was said.
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.
What is in a compound sentence?
In compound sentence, there are 2 Independent clauses, Independent clause has a subject, verb/predicate and has a complete thought and it uses coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions are: and, but, yet, nor, or, for and so
What are subordinate and insubordinate clauses?
An Independent clause is independent or main clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence. An Subordinate clause is a subordinate (or dependent) clause does not express a complete thought and cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence.
Is can an independent clause?
Can is not an independent clause, it's a modal auxiliary verb that expresses ability. Example: He can do fifty push-ups. An independent clause is a sentence that contains a subject, verb, and expresses a complete thought.
What is a simple scentence?
A sentence which has a noun, a verb, ad a period.
What are the main parts of the independent clause?
The main parts of an independent clause are the subject (who or what the sentence is about) and the predicate (what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject). An independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought.
You lost the game yesterday is independent clause?
If you're asking if "You lost the game yesterday" is an independent clause, yes. It can be on its own and be a complete sentence.
What is a sentence that always expresses an complete thought?
A paragraph.
What in a sentence?
sentence is group of word that expresses a complete thought... :DD
What type of clause is found in the sentence hooray these sentences are not very difficult yet?
The clause "these sentences are not very difficult" in the given sentence is an independent clause because it can stand alone as a complete sentence and expresses a complete thought.
What makes up a simple sentence?
A simple sentence, also referred to as an independent clause, contains a subject and verb and it expresses a complete thought. An example of a simple sentence is, "I like pumpkin pie".
What is a sentence give example?
A sentence contains a subject and a predicate. It expresses a complete thought.
Is I quit a sentence or a fragment?
"I quit" is a complete sentence because it has a subject "I" and a predicate "quit" which expresses a complete thought.
A sentence that expresses a complete thought and has at least one subject and one predicate is a?
Simple sentence
