Note also that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop ( AmE period) or a question mark or an exclamation mark ( AmE exclamation point). Both interrupters and parenthetical elements should be set off with commas. A parenthetical element is a phrase that adds extra information to the sentence but could be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence. Here are some examples of complete and incomplete thoughts: Interrupters are little thoughts that pop up in the middle of a sentence to show emotion, tone, or emphasis. Note that a sentence expresses a complete thought. They don't say the subject because it is obvious - the subject is YOU! Look at these examples of the imperative, with and without a subject: sentence
When someone gives a command (the imperative), they usually do not use a subject. There is one apparent exception to this – the imperative. So we can say that a sentence must contain at least a subject and verb. Sometimes, in fact, the predicate is only a verb: sentence Note that the predicate always contains a verb. Of course, a sentence can be longer and more complicated, but basically there is always a subject and a predicate. The above example sentence is very short. In simple terms, a sentence is a set of words that contain:
Grammar : What is a Sentence? What is a Sentence?
