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A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammatical organization. There are many ways to classify sentences such as, using formal terms (declaratives, interrogatives, imperatives, and exclamative), using functional terms (statement, question, command), and simple, complex, or compound (terms of the number and kind of subjects).  
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A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammatical organization. The smallest sentence is a [[Clause (definition)|clause]]. However, one can find sentences with more than one clause.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[Sentence Type (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*http://www.icalweb.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sentences
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*http://teflworldwiki.com/index.php?title=Sentences
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Latest revision as of 09:38, 4 September 2012

A sentence is the largest structural unit in terms of grammatical organization. The smallest sentence is a clause. However, one can find sentences with more than one clause.

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Crystal, David (1999) The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin.
  • Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.