sentence
textual unit consisting of one or more words that are grammatically linked, expressing a complete thought in non-functional linguistics
declarative sentence
sentence that expresses a proposition
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
language-based puzzle in English
run-on sentence
grammatical construction
No Religious Test Clause
Provision of the United States Constitution
causative sentence
sentence in which one clause explains the clause of another clause
Where is Brian?
postilion sentence
demotion
compulsory reduction in an employee's rank or job title
sententiae
concisely worded sentence
Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door
phrase about innovation
Extradition Clause
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution
longest English sentence
English sentence
compound sentence
sentence whose constituents include at least two independent clauses
topic sentence
expository writing concept
You didn't build that
Barack Obama sentence during the 2012 presidential election campaign
verbal sentence
sentence whose predicate is a verb
meaningless statement
linguistic category
pop culture language
trendy new word; buzzword, neologism
May God have mercy upon your soul
phrase used before pronouncement of a death sentence
Nevertheless, she persisted.
Feminist expression
affirmations
New Age practice of repeatedly saying and writing down a carefully formatted statement in order to encourage positive thinking and self-empowerment
propositional formula
type of logical formula in the propositional logic
dies natalis
anniversary of a university or college
pancake sentence
linguistic phenomenon in Scandinavian languages
garden-path sentence
grammatically correct sentence that starts in such a way that a reader's most likely interpretation will be incorrect
seeing the elephant
American figure of speech
comparative illusion
sentences that appear to make sense but actually do not
conditional sentence
sentence expressing factual implications, or a hypothetical situation and its consequences
nominal sentence
sentence without a finite verb
my postillion has been struck by lightning
unusual sentence said to be found in phrase books
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
Iconic film quote
Contract Clause
provision in Article I of the U.S. Constitution
Fugitive Slave Clause
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
opening sentence
first sentence of a literary work
pro-sentence
linguistic sentence in which the subject pronoun has been dropped and therefore the sentence has a null subject
Via, Veritas, Vita
words spoken by Jesus of Nazareth according to the Christian Gospel of John
interrogative sentence
sentence with question
conjunctive sentence
combination of two or more content- and grammatically equivalent sentences with or without a coordinating conjunction