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| sentence | a word group that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought |
| fragment | a word group that looks like a sentence but does not have both sentence parts or does not express a complete thought |
| independent clause | a synonym for "sentence"; expresses a complete thought |
| dependent clause | a word group that has a subject and a verb (predicate) but does not express a complete thought |
| subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about or who the doer of the sentence action is |
| complete subject | all the words need to tell whom or what the sentence is about |
| simple subject | the main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentence is about |
| predicate | tells something about the predicate--an action or state of being |
| complete predicate | the verb and all the words that describe the verb and complete its meaning |
| simple predicate | the main word (verb) or word group (helping verb and main verb) that tells the action or state of being of being |
| compound subject | has two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and have the same verb |
| compound verb | has two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and have the same subject |
