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sentence
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
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syntagm, syntagma
a syntactic string of words that forms a part of some larger syntactic unit
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simple sentence
a sentence having no coordinate clauses or subordinate clauses
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complex sentence
a sentence composed of at least one main clause and one subordinate clause
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compound sentence
a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
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constituent, grammatical constituent
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
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declarative sentence, declaratory sentence
a sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration
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run-on sentence
an ungrammatical sentence in which two or more independent clauses are conjoined without a conjunction
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topic sentence
a sentence that states the topic of its paragraph
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interrogation, interrogative, interrogative sentence, question
a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply
