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- noun Plural form of
sentence . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
sentence .
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-- _Change the sentences you have written in this Lesson into declarative sentences_.
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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-- _Study the examples given above, point out the exact use of what, that, and but in these sentences, and then analyze the sentences_: --
Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition Brainerd Kellogg
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In the left hand panel of the window, simply type a description of the work in natural language - in English sentences, that is.
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After this Mishnah sentence itself has been explained, its relation to other sentences is inquired into.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Create a Constitutional Theory Out of This 2010
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The default case for English pronouns outside of sentences is the accusative (or object) case (me, him, her, etc.).
Tom Torriglia is going to have a best-seller « Motivated Grammar 2010
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In other words, we know each of these sentences is correct:
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The way Wally constructs his sentences is tersely bleak, one short and hopeless statement followed by another, equally bald and gloomy.
Britain's not working Amelia Gentleman 2010
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He spoke in sentences that clocked in at a grade-school level, the speed of delivery was lugubrious, or perhaps aimed at the part of the audience that processes the occasional polysyllable rather slowly.
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As long as the mentality which fails to find the murderers, awards them with unlawful reductions in sentences reigns, no one would believe that these murders are singular incidents.
Every 15 days, another trans person is murdered in Turkey 2009
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Those serving fixed-term sentences would still be subject to supervision once released on parole.
Murder life sentence overhaul would get public backing, reformers claim | Joshua Rozenberg 2011
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