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Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 10:00
by Hunter Tester
Is this considered a sentence? Scribens and all other checkers didn't say anything was wrong with it. However, I am unsure myself.
"A story about the impact one can have by being selfless in helping others."
Re: Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 10:39
by MrsCatInTheHat
This would be more appropriate for the International Writing Forum.
The sentence given is a fragment.
Re: Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 11:45
by Hunter Tester
MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 10:39
This would be more appropriate for the International Writing Forum.
The sentence given is a fragment.
Okay thanks. I’ll keep that in mind for future questions about grammar.
Re: Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 12:06
by gali
Hunter_T wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 11:45
MrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 10:39
This would be more appropriate for the International Writing Forum.
The sentence given is a fragment.
Okay thanks. I’ll keep that in mind for future questions about grammar.
I moved it to the correct forum, the International Grammar Forum.
Re: Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 19:48
by Juliet+1
Hunter_T wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 10:00
Is this considered a sentence? Scribens and all other checkers didn't say anything was wrong with it. However, I am unsure myself.
"A story about the impact one can have by being selfless in helping others."
Your "sentence" was probably not considered a mistake by the various grammar checkers because sentence fragments are generally acceptable in writing today. They are more of a style than a grammar issue. But I wouldn't use them on OBC -- too conservative.
Re: Sentence or Not
Posted: 25 May 2021, 19:57
by Hunter Tester
Juliet+1 wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 19:48
Hunter_T wrote: ↑25 May 2021, 10:00
Is this considered a sentence? Scribens and all other checkers didn't say anything was wrong with it. However, I am unsure myself.
"A story about the impact one can have by being selfless in helping others."
Your "sentence" was probably not considered a mistake by the various grammar checkers because sentence fragments are generally acceptable in writing today. They are more of a style than a grammar issue. But I wouldn't use them on OBC -- too conservative.
Thank you!!