suprunp
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It is for this reason that we shall concentrate, [...], on the SIMPLE SENTENCE (ie the sentence consisting of a single independent clause) as the most central part of grammar. We shall use the term MULTIPLE SENTENCE (subsuming complex and compound sentences) for all sentences which consist of more than one clause, either through subordination or through coordination. Thus the limits of the English sentence are defined, in practice, wherever grammatical relations (such as those of subordination and coordination) cannot be established between clauses.
(A comprehensive grammar of the English language)
I can't quite understand the part in bold.
It seems to me that what the authors say is that the English sentence can consist of one or more than one clause unless there are relations of subordination or coordination. But this, in my humble opinion, does not accord with what has just been said above of what they should call 'simple' and 'multiple' sentence.
Or, do they suggest that if there are several clauses between which grammatical relations cannot be established these very clauses are defined as sentences?
Thanks.
(A comprehensive grammar of the English language)
I can't quite understand the part in bold.
It seems to me that what the authors say is that the English sentence can consist of one or more than one clause unless there are relations of subordination or coordination. But this, in my humble opinion, does not accord with what has just been said above of what they should call 'simple' and 'multiple' sentence.
Or, do they suggest that if there are several clauses between which grammatical relations cannot be established these very clauses are defined as sentences?
Thanks.