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[Bubu]

Hello!!
Is there a situation where this definition of a simple sentence does NOT work??

"A simple sentence is a sentence with a single finite verb."

please let me know if you think this definition is the ultimate definition and can not be attacked by any linguist from any angle.

Thank you in advance.


URL: http://able2know.org/topic/175408-1

[Lorikeet]

If you want linguists, you might try the teacher forums under Applied Linguistics.

[PeterAlex]

Verbs are classified as finite and non-finite. A finite verb can stand by itself as the main verb of a sentence.
In the above examples, 'is' and 'wrote' are finite verbs. Non-finite verbs are verb forms that cannot be the main verb of a sentence.
The non-finite verbs include:
infinitive (to be, to write, to have been, to have written)
present participle & gerund (being, writing)
past participle (been, written)

-Source: http://www.jcckc.net/english/grammar/sentence1.htm

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