SENTENCE
in grammar
Introduction
The word ‘sentence’, in general sense, has these dictionary meanings: ‘the punishment given to a person by a court of law’, ‘to say officially in a court of law that a person is to get a particular punishment’, but in English grammar:
“A sentence is a group of words which has a subject (one or more) and a predicate (one or more), and gives complete sense.”
When we write a sentence, we must begin it with a Capital Letter and end it with either a full stop [.] or a question mark [?] or an exclamation mark [!] depending on the context.
For example,
Stop. [= You stop.]
He is a boy.
She goes to school and (she) studies very hard.
I returned home early because I was tired.
Do you like this book?
What a beautiful garden it is!
The six groups of words given above are six complete sentences.
A sentence must have a Subject part and a Predicate part: a subject part must have a noun or pronoun; a predicate part must have a main verb.
e.g. Our children are playing in the park.
‘Our children’ — subject part – children – noun
‘are playing’ – predicate part — are playing – main verb
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Author: B C Kumar
Mr. Kumar, an English language teacher, having taught in many countries around the world including Ethiopia and Oman shares this English Language Reference website using material that he has written and compiled during the past 20 years.
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