The Sentence

What is a Sentence?
The Sentence is a group of words that makes a complete sense. It has two essential elements:

• A subject
• A predicate or object

The sentence is a part that tells what the sentence is about. The predicate is the part that tells us what the subject does, or something about the subject. In order to be complete; a sentence must have both a subject and a predicate; if one of them is missing; the group of words is called a fragment. The subject is a noun or a pronoun, and the predicate is a verb. The noun or pronoun is called the simple subject, and the verb is called the simple predicate. The complete subject consists of the simple subject and all its modifiers. The complete predicate consists of the simple predicate and all its components and modifiers. Although the meaning of the sentence lies in its principal elements, the subject and the verb, the correct expression of the meaning depends upon the relationship of the sentence elements and their modifiers. The simplest type of a modifier is a single word that describes or limits the meaning of another word. For example, adjectives modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.