hello grammarians have a page hi David
so today we're going to tackle this idea
of what is a sentence yeah as we go into
this realm of language that is called
syntax and syntax is this concept of
basically grammatical order with this
this word sin taxes literally means in
Greek is you know putting together and
arranging right so it just means
ordering of language so that's like what
a sentence is
that's what a sentence is that's what a
sentence is it's what the components of
a sentence are and we'll go into all of
that in much greater detail but in order
to do that first of all we have to
figure out what a sentence actually is
so the the definition that you and I
came up with page is that a sentence is
a grammatically complete idea right it's
a bunch of words that say one one
complete thing so all sentences have a
noun or pronoun component right and
that's what we call the subject and then
we have the verb part which is the the
predicate so a sentence has it has to
have like a thing or a noun or pronoun
sure that's the subject yeah and and
something that it's doing sure that's
the predicate yeah okay so let's say
we've got this sentence the great big
dog licked my face here is our sentence
what is the subject subject is the great
big dog all right and that means that
everything that's not the subject is
part of the predicate right mm-hmm so
licked my face is the predicate so this
is the noun chunk that is performing the
action of the sentence you got it yeah
so all sentences have to have this right
yeah they have to have a subject and a
predicate these two separate parts
so if you said if you asked a question
like are you named David okay if you ask
that of me hmm
which go ahead are you named David I am
is this a sentence it's really short it
is very short but CI is a pronoun or
current so that can be the subject so
subject and M is a verb so it has a
subject and a predicate so this is the
noun or pronoun part and this is the
action that it is performing although a
more being isn't really an action it's
more of a linking verb sure but it's
still a verb okay so this is this is the
predicate then for sure yeah
okay so but page let's say I dropped a
muffin right uh and you told me pick up
that muffin uh-huh that sentence doesn't
seem to have something right that down
that sentence doesn't seem to have a
subject I see how all of this is
predicates right pick up as a verb and
then and then the month that was the
thing that's being picked up like that's
all
one thing where's what goes in the blue
box
I see so when we have a sentence like
this where I'm telling you to do
something there doesn't always have to
be a subject said out loud okay
this is this is like an order right I'm
telling you you have to pick up that
muffin so this is kind of like an
invisible secret subject right and the
subject really is you I'm gonna pick up
that muffin but I don't have to say it
out loud because I know that you're
talking to me because I can tell because
you're looking at me and you're yelling
at me about a muffin yes ma'am so a
sentence is a grammatically complete
idea or expression hmm and it has to
have a noun or pronoun part which we
call the subject and it has to have a
verb and all its baggage part which is
what we call the predicate and sometimes
that subject can sort of be implied or
invisible as in the command pick up that
muffin right cool you can learn anything
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