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Movie titles that are a sentence!
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No, it's really not. There entire string of words is a noun with a modifier. No verb at all.
phillipgessert
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itt an astonishing number of people dont know what the fuck a sentence is
It just needs to have a subject and a verb to be a sentence. Being longer than a few words doesn't make it a sentence. For example, these are sentences:
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Rises
This is not a sentence:
The day the earth stood still.
This is a sentence:
The day the earth stood still was earth-shattering.
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight Rises
This is not a sentence:
The day the earth stood still.
This is a sentence:
The day the earth stood still was earth-shattering.
This is also not a sentence.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
You Can't Take It with You.
There are certainly way more than I was expecting, or could think of.
KaiserBecks
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"I love you Phillip Morris"
Don't you dare tell me that's not a sentence!
Don't you dare tell me that's not a sentence!
Chainsawkitten
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Once Upon a Time There Was a Singing Blackbird
Je vous salue, Sarajevo
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
The House Is Black
Fear Eats the Soul
I am Curious
Goodbye, Children
The Wind Will Carry Us
This Is Not a Film
Je vous salue, Sarajevo
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
The House Is Black
Fear Eats the Soul
I am Curious
Goodbye, Children
The Wind Will Carry Us
This Is Not a Film
Juliet's 8½ Spirits
Banned
you're not a sentence
DiipuSurotu
Banned
The Empire Strikes Back.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
No
A sentence doesn't require a verb, and I'm not sure why you think it does require a verb. Sentences generally have verbs explicitly present, but they don't need them.
A sentence doesn't require a verb, and I'm not sure why you think it does require a verb. Sentences generally have verbs explicitly present, but they don't need them.
Alcotholic
Banned
What about Bob?
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Dillinger is Dead
Where is the Friend's Home?
You Were Never Lovelier
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing.
They Live by Night;
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
It Happened One Night—
Shoot the Piano Player!
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears...
Where is the Friend's Home?
You Were Never Lovelier
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing.
They Live by Night;
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
It Happened One Night—
Shoot the Piano Player!
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears...
Nonverbal or nominal sentences are sentences where the verb is heavily implied or replaced by the use of an adjective. For example, "I sad" or "Oh my God." I don't believe "The Assassination of..." falls under that category, though I may be wrong.
HalfBakedProphet
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This thread is making me question whether or not I know what a sentence is.
DiipuSurotu
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"Kill Bill" is an instance of a movie title that can be considered a sentence but probably wasn't conceived as one.
Chainsawkitten
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Come and See
The Cranes Are Flying
There Will Come Soft Rains
Everything Will Be OK
Life Is Beautiful
...
I Hired a Contract Killer
This Is England
We are the Best!
Show Me Love
The Clone Returns Home
The Cranes Are Flying
There Will Come Soft Rains
Everything Will Be OK
Life Is Beautiful
...
I Hired a Contract Killer
This Is England
We are the Best!
Show Me Love
The Clone Returns Home
MikeHattsu
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Not really long though.
You Know Nothing
Member
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
The Empire Strikes Back.
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
Chainsawkitten
Member
Bonus round: 'Please Kill Me, I'm a Faggot Nigger Jew'
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Gimme the Loot
A Man Vanishes
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Wake in Fright
Make Way for Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow
We'll Never Grow Old Together
Vengeance is Mine
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
Gimme the Loot
A Man Vanishes
The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Wake in Fright
Make Way for Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow
We'll Never Grow Old Together
Vengeance is Mine
Chainsawkitten
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Now these two should be watched in conjunction.
akachan ningen
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A sentence needs a predicate along with the subject. The predicate is usually a verb but if not, it still needs a predicate. If it's just a subject alone, it's not a sentence, just a fragment.
Dragoon En Regalia
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I've already started on Imamura with The Insect Woman; going to do Naked Childhood for Pialat.
Bubble Metropolis
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Agreed. (This is also a sentence. As is the above use of "No.").
I suppose that all depends upon the level of grammar guide you consult, though. What are considered to be rigid grammar rules are fluid. If you want to steer kids in elementary and high school away from using simple clauses (which isn't an disagreeable pursuit), you tell him that it's grammatically incorrect and dock him points for it. This rule isn't necessarily true outside of the classroom, and certainly not in linguistic thought.
But, I think in the spirit of the thread, a typical subject-predicate sentence was probably implied.
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