Talk:Sentence

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The shortest sentences in the English language are: "I am" and "I do"

Wrong. "I." can be a perfectly valid sentence. Fredrik 16:01, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

"I." is a sentence fragment because it has no verb. Tribunar 16:08, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
Okay, that's right. But "Go" is a valid sentence, whereas "I am" is not [1]. So the article should say that the shortest sentence is "Go", not "I am" or "I do". Fredrik 16:13, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
"I" is a valid and complete sentence if uttered in response to a question such as "Who's in charge here?", although many native speakers would say "I am" or "Me" instead. The verb is understood. Andrewa 21:21, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
A complete sentence needs to be wholly understood as a single unit. If it requires context from another sentence to be understood, than it is not complete.
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