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What nonsense! That is probably the better example of a perfectly good sentence fragment. There are many others in spoken English.
by BlackFly 2y ago
What nonsense!
That is probably the better example of a perfectly good sentence fragment. There are many others in spoken English.
- zogrodea 2y agoI'm inclined to agree with your sentiment, but the example given doesn't quite sit right with me. "Often a sentence fragment missing a verb (like this)." vs "Often a sentence fragment is missing a verb (like this)." We still have short sentences which seem to make sense without a verb. Is the following grammatically incorrect? "Hello there!"
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago"Spoken English" being the key phrase there; if you use spoken English in a formal document or letter, it may reflect poorly on you. Comment sections on the internets - and acknowledgements - are a bit milder on those grammar rules I'm sure.
- gerdesj 2y ago"What nonsense" That's an example of idiom. The word "what" is overloaded to mean "that is" - for dramatic emphasis. The verb "to be" is often overloaded or implied in many languages. For example "quelle surprise" in French. Perhaps we are dealing with a point of vocabulary. When I first learned Latin, we had "Civis Romanus" and "Mentor" as initial textbooks (kivvy was red and mental was blue). Later on a green book was added and it dealt with idiom (idia/idioms?) and I think that was its name, but I had moved on by then!