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A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate.

A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses.

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What does "find someone well" mean?

I got some email from a stranger that contains: I hope this email finds you well. So what does "find you well" means here? Does it mean "Are you well" or "The email find the right guy"? I'm a little confused here.
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What does “Has it come to this?” in “Republican leaders quickly voiced horror at these tactics. ‘Has it come to this?’ said John Boehner” mean?

There was the following sentence in July 19 New York Time’s editorial titled “Democrats Gain the Upper Hand”: “Senator Patty Murray, a member of the Democratic leadership, said Monday that her party was prepared to let all the Bush-era tax cuts…
Yoichi Oishi
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What does the phrase, “there is properly no history, only biography” mean?

I found Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous words, “there is properly no history, only biography,” in his “Essay I” being quoted in the article titled “Keeping the dream alive: A biography,” appearing in June 21, 2012 Time magazine. The article deals with…
Yoichi Oishi
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...gave me (the) strength and inspiration to

In this sentence: His support gave me strength and inspiration to continue my campaign without wavering. does using the before strength imply a restriction? His support gave me the strength and inspiration to continue my campaign without…
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Forming valid one word sentences

I remember my English teacher saying that there are only two valid ways to make a one-word sentence: A question: Why? Where? A command: Go! Stop! Is this correct?
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Meaning of the sentence "...had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud..."

I'm unable to understand this long sentence, particularly the parts highlighted in bold. Can someone break it up for me? Those who had before known her, (1) and had expected to behold her dimmed and obscured by a disastrous cloud, were astonished,…
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Use like something in a sentence

I do know I can just click on that person's profile once every week/day, but I think automated "inbox" like feature would be better I'm talking about Inbox feature provided by the stackexchange sites, is that correct? I felt that I should…
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"at the age of" vs "at age"

Which sentence sounds better/more natural? She first became aware of it at the age of five. or She first became aware of it at age five.
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Using "basically" in an interview

Can I use word basically in an interview? For example I basically belong to X but I am working at Y from last 10 years. Or can I use I belong to X and I am working at Y from last 10 years.
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Is this a valid sentence using accretion?

I am having difficulty understanding and using the word "accretion". From what I understand , it means to gradually save a definite amount from a source. So is the following sentence valid? James bought this car using the accretion amount that he…
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What does the following sentence mean [ From The Invisible Man , Ch 1 ]

I'm a little confused by the following sentence. I know all the nouns here, but I don't understand the phrase "a turn them bandages" What a turn them bandages did give me, to be sure!
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How should I understand this sentence?

How should I understand the following sentence? Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate, or transitional, between land mammals and cetaceans. This from the excerpt of an article: It should be obvious that cetaceans---whales,…
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Pangram Using Each Character Only Once

As a prank, I wish to arrange the keys on a coworker's keyboard to be a pangram, but in order to do so, the characters can only appear once. I've done some googling and have not found a pangram that doesn't have repeat characters. With the limited…
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How widely used is the "two-space-sentence-ending" convention?

I was reading a manual discussing about how a sentence should be properly ended by convention. Here I quote: you follow the American typist's convention of putting two spaces at the end of a sentence. That is, a sentence ends wherever there is a…
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How to understand this sentence

I found this sentence in a reading material from a GRE (Graduate Record Examination) test. And I found it incredibly difficult for my to understand. A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on…
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