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  2. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject and a predicate, e.g. "I have a ball." In this sentence, one can change the persons, e.g. "We have a ball." However, a minor sentence is an irregular type of sentence that does not contain a main clause, e.g. "Mary!", "Precisely so.", "Next Tuesday evening after it gets dark."

  3. Strachey love letter algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Rather than modeling writing as a creative process, the love letter algorithm represents the writing of love letters as formulaic and without creativity. [8] The algorithm has the following structure: Print two words taken from a list of salutations; Do the following 5 times: Choose one of two sentence structures depending on a random value Rand

  4. Linguistics - Wikipedia

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    Linguistics is the scientific study of language. [1] [2] [3] The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages), phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language), and pragmatics (how the context of use contributes to ...

  5. Grammar - Wikipedia

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    A standard language is a dialect that is promoted above other dialects in writing, education, and, broadly speaking, in the public sphere; it contrasts with vernacular dialects, which may be the objects of study in academic, descriptive linguistics but which are rarely taught prescriptively.

  6. Language - Wikipedia

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    Another way in which languages convey meaning is through the order of words within a sentence. The grammatical rules for how to produce new sentences from words that are already known is called syntax. The syntactical rules of a language determine why a sentence in English such as "I love you" is meaningful, but "*love you I" is not.

  7. The Language of Love - Wikipedia

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    The Language of Love or language of love may refer to: Language of Love (Swedish: Kärlekens språk) 1969 Swedish sex-education film; The French language or Italian ...

  8. Every Single Thing You Should Know About the Physical Touch ...

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    Here's what Gary Chapman's physical touch love language means, physical touch examples, and how to practice physical touch if it's your partner's love language.

  9. Punctuation - Wikipedia

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    In process of time, the comma was added, which was then merely a perpendicular line, proportioned to the body of the letter. These three points were the only ones used until the close of the fifteenth century, when Aldo Manuccio gave a better shape to the comma, and added the semicolon; the comma denoting the shortest pause, the semicolon next ...