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verbless sentences | grammar

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Verbless Sentences | Grammar Introduction : Dear reader, the title of the article must have shocked you a bit. Can there be a sentence in the English language and that too without a verb? I also agree that this is something unexpected for everyone. And I am writing this article so that your curiosity could be satisfied. I will do my best so that you have no more questions left unanswered. The authoritative source for a definition : But for that, you must first do one thing. Try to collect some good grammar books and read the definition of a sentence. However, there are many good dictionaries available online these days. Stop! Wait a minute. Don't worry; to simplify your search, I'll give you a good source to check. Suppose you want to get a good definition of “sentence” in English grammar. To be absolutely confirmed I would like to know the meaning of the word from a reliable source. Below you will find a quoted part of ‘the dictionary dot com’ that is widely known and used...

Is it correct? | soup that eats like a meal

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Is it correct? Soup that eats like a meal Introduction : I'm sure you liked the phrase on the title and you're excited to know about it, but for your information, it's not a complete sentence. To make it a complete sentence, the definite article ‘THE’ should be placed at the beginning of the phrase. In other words, the complete sentence should be “ The soup that eats like a meal. ” But I think English speakers do not have any difficulty with the phrase. They know that there is an article at the beginning of the sentence and it is clearly understood; it does not matter to them. To tell you the truth, most English speakers don’t even know that ‘THE’ is called the ‘definite article.’ They know that ‘THE’ is needed in front of the phrase to make it natural sounding. But that is not my question. My question is whether the particular English sentence is grammatically correct or not. “ Is it right?”    Superfluous, but not useless: Now another question may arise here, ‘Do ...

Is The Sentence Correct? | Long Time No See | Grammar

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  “Is The Sentence Correct”?  “Long Time No See”! Prelude: “Non-English speakers” start learning their " English language " with the subject called " GRAMMAR " as the first step. Dear reader, this world is very strange! Do you know why I started with this weird phrase? Don't worry, keep reading; you will surely understand. I firmly believe that most of the readers of this blog are “non-English speakers”. I want to say that English is not their "mother tongue".They speak other languages than English. I also believe that in most countries this "English language" is also taught alongside your mother tongue. We may not know English well; we may not speak it well; we may not write it correctly, but by reading almost anything, we can clearly understand which one is the verb, which is a noun, which is a pronoun, etc. From the beginning of learning English, we are taught "Grammar".    “A piece of grammar” We all know for a fact that every...