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Kueh wrote on 2010-09-26 22:22
I GUESS LUIGI!
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protoman206 wrote on 2010-09-27 01:14
advance pheonix feathers :D, and pheonix feather
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pinkkea wrote on 2010-09-27 19:48
Man, you guys are too...pro...:gloom2:
Remember the starting riddle?
Here's a waiting-for-Rue riddle:
I AM THE SHORTEST COMPLETE SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
What am I? :awesome:
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Fracture wrote on 2010-09-27 20:29
I'm.
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Ruquion wrote on 2010-09-27 23:46
Quote from pinkkea;168193:
Man, you guys are too...pro...:gloom2:
Remember the starting riddle?
Here's a waiting-for-Rue riddle:
I AM THE SHORTEST COMPLETE SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
What am I? :awesome:
It's "I", right?
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-09-27 23:58
Quote from pinkkea;168193:
Man, you guys are too...pro...:gloom2:
Remember the starting riddle?
Here's a waiting-for-Rue riddle:
I AM THE SHORTEST COMPLETE SENTENCE IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
What am I? :awesome:
"I do" and/or "I am"
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Fracture wrote on 2010-09-28 00:20
@Ruquion Not a sentence.
@Mrlucky77 Close, but you need a contraction. The shortest phrase in the English language has no spaces.
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Mrlucky77 wrote on 2010-09-28 00:23
Quote from Fracture;168719:
@Ruquion Not a sentence.
@Mrlucky77 Close, but you need a contraction. The shortest phrase in the English language has no spaces.
A contraction? As in "Don't"?
And what do you mean no spaces? o.O
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Arsik wrote on 2010-09-28 00:37
Shortest phrase is simple. "No."
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Zid wrote on 2010-09-28 01:13
Quote from Arsik;168762:
Shortest phrase is simple. "No."
Or "go".
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protoman206 wrote on 2010-09-28 14:23
Shortest sentence
Me!
Yes
No
Bye
Hi
STOP!
Go!!
Sit!!
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Fracture wrote on 2010-09-28 20:32
None of those are sentences, they're (some exclamatory) statements.
The shortest complete sentence is "I'm." Two letters, one apostrophe, and "I am" counts as a full sentence.
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Username wrote on 2010-09-28 22:41
Honestly, every awnser would be wrong, the shortest complete sentence would be a simple sentence like
"The Dog has meowed"
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Ruquion wrote on 2010-09-29 00:10
"I go"?
Every complete sentence contains a subject and a predicate. "Am", a verb, must have something to give it meaning in order for it to be a predicate. Therefore "I am" is not a complete sentence.
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Kueh wrote on 2010-09-29 01:29
"I am" is a complete sentence. "Am" needs no further modifiers, it is the first-person singular present indicative of "Be". Therefore, saying "I am" is the same as saying "I be" or "I exist".
Honestly, every awnser would be wrong, the shortest complete sentence would be a simple sentence like
"The Dog has meowed"
Why does it have to be so long? How about just "The Dog meowed"? That's a sentence. So is just "Dog meowed."
So far, people haven't used any sentences using understood subjects or predicates. Meaning they are there without being expressed with words. So just "Go" is a complete sentence with the understood subject being "you". Also, "Is" is a complete sentence with the understood subject being "It" but that's sort of esoteric, so just ignore it.
If understood components of the sentence are on the board, then I say "I" is the simplest complete sentence, with the understood predicate being "Am".
Ex: Who is hungry? I.
It's borderline archaic usage, but it's still proper.