"(That is) Nonsense!" is just as much a sentence as "Damn (you)"


Paul Stenquist mused:
> 
> Bob wins. "Nonsense" isn't an English sentence. However, "Damn" is a 
> complete sentence if the word "da,m" is used as a verb and the doer of 
> the action is an understood "you."
> On Apr 16, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Bob W wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >>>> It's pretty hard to parse a one word sentence.
> >>>
> >>> Nonsense!
> >
> >> At least you give more than one syllable to work with.
> >
> > Damn.
> >
> > -- 
> > Cheers,
> >  Bob
> >
> 

Reply via email to