Is yes a sentence or fragment? | Homework.Study.com (2024)

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Is yes a sentence or fragment?

Terse Replies

A terse reply might be perfectly acceptable or it might signal disrespect or impatience by the person replying. An example would be when someone asked a question such as '"How are you?" and the reply is ?Fine? rather than ?Fine thank you." That terse reply might be taken as rude or short. If someone says, ?May I speak with you? and the person replies with ?What??, that person's attitude might be in question.

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The single word yes could be considered a sentence because there is an understood subject and verb associated with it, one that could be drawn from...

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