LOOSE SENTENCE Definition & Meaning

loose sentence

noun

a sentence that does not end with the completion of its main clause, but continues with one or more subordinate clauses or other modifiers.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of loose sentence¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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With their loose sentence structure and the melodic give and take allowing a team approach to conversation I knew they were Guyanese.

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This rule refers especially to loose sentences of a particular type, those consisting of two co-ordinate clauses, the second introduced by a conjunction or relative.

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Mind hammering those loose sentences of mine into decent English?

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With this line ends the long, loose sentence that began with line 37.

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A loose sentence may be broken at some point before the end, and up to that point be grammatically a complete sentence.

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