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  2. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Sentences can also be classified based on the speech act which they perform. For instance, English sentence types can be described as follows: A declarative sentence makes a statement or assertion: "You are my friend." An interrogative sentence raises a question: "Are you my friend?" An imperative sentence makes a command:

  3. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    In standard English, sentences are composed of five clause patterns: [citation needed] Subject + Verb (intransitive) Example: She runs. Subject + Verb (transitive) + Object Example: She runs the meeting. Subject + Verb (linking) + Subject Complement (adjective, noun, pronoun) Example: Abdul is happy. Jeanne is a person. I am she.

  4. Sentences - Wikipedia

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    The importance of the Sentences to medieval theology and philosophy lies to a significant extent in the overall framework they provide to theological and philosophical discussion. All the great scholastic thinkers, such as Aquinas, William of Ockham, Bonaventure, Petrus Aureolus, Robert Holcot, and Duns Scotus, wrote commentaries on the Sentences.

  5. Sentence spacing - Wikipedia

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    In the computer era, spacing between sentences is handled in several different ways by various software packages. Some systems accept whatever the user types, while others attempt to alter the spacing or use the user input as a method of detecting sentences.

  6. Sentence (law) - Wikipedia

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    Sentence (law) In criminal law, a sentence is the punishment for a crime ordered by a trial court after conviction in a criminal procedure, [1] normally at the conclusion of a trial. A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for multiple crimes may be a concurrent sentence, where sentences of imprisonment are ...

  7. Sentence diagram - Wikipedia

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    The term "sentence diagram" is used more when teaching written language, where sentences are diagrammed. The model shows the relations between words and the nature of sentence structure and can be used as a tool to help recognize which potential sentences are actual sentences.

  8. Conditional sentence - Wikipedia

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    Conditional sentences are natural language sentences that express that one thing is contingent on something else, e.g. "If it rains, the picnic will be cancelled." They are so called because the impact of the main clause of the sentence is conditional on the dependent clause.

  9. Parallelism (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    In grammar, parallelism, also known as parallel structure or parallel construction, is a balance within one or more sentences of similar phrases or clauses that have the same grammatical structure. The application of parallelism affects readability and may make texts easier to process.

  10. Periodic sentence - Wikipedia

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    Periodic sentence. A periodic sentence is a sentence with a stylistic device featuring syntactical subordination to a single main idea, which usually is not complete until the very end of the sentence. [1]

  11. Subject (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    For the simple sentence John runs, John is the subject, a person or thing about whom the statement is made. Traditionally the subject is the word or phrase which controls the verb in the clause, that is to say with which the verb agrees ( John is but John and Mary are ).