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  • @SCB
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    -31 year ago

    “not very persuasive” is not a sentence fragment. Sentences need a subject, verb, and a complete thought.

    “Don’t do that” has an implied subject of (you). “Not very persuasive” shares the same type implied subject and is a complete sentence.

    Bonus fun fact, the shortest complete sentence in the English language is “I am” but not “I’m” because contractions are inherently dependent.

    https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-an-implied-subject#:~:text=Implied subjects occur when a,the subject is not mentioned.

    • @samus12345
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      1 year ago

      “Don’t do that” is a correct imperative sentence, which as your link says does not have a subject. “Not very persuasive” is not imperative and is indeed a sentence fragment.