Anonymous  +  801419 Tue, 30 Jun 09 01:50 PM "They are"  and "He is" ,is this a sentence ? Anonymous Sentences

	Avangi  +  801437 Tue, 30 Jun 09 02:35 PM They will be, as soon as you add periods. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 7,960 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Sentences

	Yoong Liat  +  807650 Sun, 05 Jul 09 06:39 PM Anonymous “"They are"  and "He is" ,is this a sentence ? ” They are fragments. Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,746 Sentences

	Grammar Geek  +  807769 Sun, 05 Jul 09 08:43 PM They would work only in answer to a question. Who is coming to the party? Who is picking up Grandma at the airport? Who asked to have some tea?   Stated all on their own, they are meaningless.   Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,506 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random! Sentences

	Avangi  +  807783 Sun, 05 Jul 09 08:49 PM Question: "Are these fragments?" Incorrect answer: "They are." Question: "Are these sentences"? Correct answer: "They are." "Is he sorry?" "He is." Avangi Sentences, Apologies

	Yoong Liat  +  807785 Sun, 05 Jul 09 08:54 PM As Barbara said," Stated all on their own, they are meaningless." Without context, to me, they are fragments. With context added, they are used in conversation. He is. He is what. No sense to me. Is he clever? He is. (Now it makes sense. Context, context, context) Yoong Liat Sentences, Context, Speaking, Chat, Friendships, Conversational

	Avangi  +  807891 Sun, 05 Jul 09 10:40 PM Anonymous “"They are"  and "He is" ,is this a sentence ?” Okay. How would you classify the line from the Neil Diamond song, "I am," I said  ?  And was what he said a sentence? Is it a meaningless sentence, or a meaningless phrase or a meaningless sentence fragment? Avangi Sentences, Songs, Music

	Yoong Liat  +  807909 Sun, 05 Jul 09 10:47 PM I don't think you can use every word used by a singer as a yardstick in discussing English.  Without context, to me, "I am" is meaningless.  Yoong Liat Arts, Sentences, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Context, Languages

	Avangi  +  807915 Sun, 05 Jul 09 10:59 PM For sure! What's the difference between a meaningless sentence and a meaningless sentence fragment? Avangi Difference Between, Sentences