Publisher's Synopsis
SENTENCES.-PARTS OF SPEECH.-ELEMENTS OF THE SENTENCE.-PHRASES AND CLAUSES 1. In thinking we arrange and associate ideas and objects together. Words are the symbols of ideas or objects. A Sentence is a group of words that expresses a single complete thought. 2. Sentences are of four kinds: 1. Declarative; a sentence that tells or declares something; as, That book is mine. 2. Imperative; a sentence that expresses a command; as, Bring me that book. 3. Interrogative; a sentence that asks a question; as, Is that book mine? 4. Exclamatory; a declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentence that expresses violent emotion, such as terror, surprise, or anger; as, You shall take that book! or, Can that book be mine?
