Birthdays Won
Kenric: 2
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I would like to inform my fellow bloggers that this is in fact a simple sentence. Kenric wins 2 birthdays because I was wrong as well. The element was supposed to read: When Santa could not fit through the chimney...or some other sort of clause. The answer was supposed to be Santa Clause.
If you can answer this riddle, you win a free birthday!
What Sentence Structure Element Is The Phrase Below?
Santa could not fit through the chimney...
Please place your answers in the comments area
11 comments:
ellipsis
declarative, I really have no idea....
Simple sentence. Can I substitute a different prize, I already have a birthday.
nope, everyone is wrong.
true and not false?
it is definitely a simple sentence, if you had a period at the end of the sentence. why does it end with "..."? that is just wrong sentence structure.
There is no end punctuation, so therefore it is not a sentence. But it may be a particular element of larger sentence, maybe it does some...introducing.
clause
there is an ellipsis at the end though
an introductory statement!!! am i right
no wait introductory phrase
It is neither a introductory clause or an introductory phrase. "Introductory phrases also set the stage for the main action of the sentence, but they are not complete clauses. Phrases don't have both a subject and a verb that are separate from the subject and verb in the main clause of the sentence. Common introductory phrases include prepositional phrases, appositive phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases, and absolute phrases." Introductory clauses are dependant, meaning, they don't sound right by themselves. "Santa could not fit through the chimney" obviously sounds right by itself, so it isn't an introductory clause. Ben, you are wrong. I get two extra birthdays.
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