Help settle a stupid arguement (yes, really stupid)

[AaronP]

the only time you gotta worry about periods is when your girlfriend stops having them.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

<< *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* *fap* >>



ard?

 

[Cheesemoo]

<< the only time you gotta worry about periods is when your girlfriend stops having them. >>



LMAO

 

[StageLeft]

Although it may be an incomplete sentence it seems silly to bastardize it further by forgetting a period. I would use one, and I see many writers use a period after a one word sentence as well. Ok?

 

[veryape]

You should never use just one word as a reply,at least not if your going to whine about correct grammer because there is no such thing as a one word sentence.

 

[MustangSVT]

interesting.

 

[Pikachu]

Issues and Answers
John Perry Wed Aug 21 13:58:07 PDT 1996

• "I think when people say the utterances in question are ``one word sentences'' they have one conception of a sentence in mind, as that which conveys a complete thought..."
  
  ...Suppose I claim to be able to express an important law of physics in one word. You challenge me, and we put some money on it. So I tell you, ``Ask me whether falling object near the surface of the earth accelerate and 32 feet per second per second.'' You do so, and I say, ``Yes.'' Have I won the bet? We may or may not say that I have uttered a one word sentence, but we should not fool ourselves. I have completed a thought with a word, but not constructed one."
  

 

[Wedesdo]

What!

You!

Say!!!

 

[UberNeuman]

Yes.
No.
Maybe.
I don't know.

Can you repeat the question?

 

[GigaCluster]

<< i forget what is exactly required to be a "sentance" >>



A noun and a verb are required for it to be a complete sentence.

Example: Fish swim.

 

[MaxDSP]

<fart>

 

[Vincent]

A sentence that is a command can be complete and have only one word. Here are some examples:

Go.
Stop.
Sit.
Run.

These are grammatically correct complete sentences.

 

[Chrishuff1]

No, because it has to have a subject and verb.

 

[GigaCluster]

<< A sentence that is a command can be complete and have only one word. Here are some examples:

Go.
Stop.
Sit.
Run.

These are grammatically correct complete sentences. >>



These are commands, though, and I think they IMPLY "You."

[I command you to] go.
[I command you to] stop.

Of course, I may just be spreading my ignorance around. (*shrug*)

 

[MiniGolfIsFun]

ARGH! =P

Still no real answer on this.......