Are these complete sentences?

[curlygirlzx2]

Blend in the dark.

 

Print at the desk.

 

According to AAS 2, the above are complete sentences. I'm not a grammar expert by any means but they look like fragments to me. Can someone help me out please? Thank you!

[Pam in MA]

I would interpret these both as sentences with an imperative verb. So the "you" is implied and the sentence is a command: (You) blend in the dark! So yes, I'd say they are complete sentences. (You) Go figure!

[Farrar]

I'm also guessing they're commands, though they seem like slightly awkward commands.

[Pamela H in Texas]

I agree. They are awkward, but the subject is an understood you.

[angela in ohio]

Yep, those are imperative sentences. They only have to have one word, a verb, or they can be a verb with some modifiers.

 

Sit.

 

Be quiet.

 

Run quickly.

 

Blend in the dark. :lol:

[MerryAtHope]

 

Blend in the dark. :lol:

 

I had to look that one up! But in my book it says "Blend the drink." ??

 

Merry :-)

[Abigail4476]

Blend in the dark.

 

Print at the desk.

 

According to AAS 2, the above are complete sentences. I'm not a grammar expert by any means but they look like fragments to me. Can someone help me out please? Thank you!

 

They are complete because they are imperative sentences with an understood subject of [you].

 

If I said to my daughter, "Clean your room", there would be an understood subject of "you." (Imperative/command) If you diagrammed the simple subject and verb, it would be diagrammed as:

 

[you]|clean

[Heather in VA]

I'll be the nay-sayer. I do believe that AAS probably intends them to be commands with understood 'you' for a subject. But to me they are fragments. Sentences must make sense. 'Blend in the dark' doesn't make any sense at all unless you believe you must turn the lights off to make margaritas. This command makes so little sense that I'd say it is a fragment. I think it's definitely ambiguous enough that it shouldn't be used to teach commands.

 

Heather

[papillon]

Yes, I agree. They are definitely complete sentences. They are commands, or imperatives, and the subject, 'You', is simply understood.

[angela in ohio]

I'll be the nay-sayer. I do believe that AAS probably intends them to be commands with understood 'you' for a subject. But to me they are fragments. Sentences must make sense. 'Blend in the dark' doesn't make any sense at all unless you believe you must turn the lights off to make margaritas. This command makes so little sense that I'd say it is a fragment. I think it's definitely ambiguous enough that it shouldn't be used to teach commands.

 

Heather

 

If you look at a pp, it was actually, "Blend the drink," which makes sense; though "Blend in the dark," is much funnier. :D

[UpNorth]

Just for curiosity's sake, I asked my 11 year old what he thought about these two "sentences". He immediately answered, "They're complete." When I asked him why, he answered, "Because they're commands. The 'you' is understood."

[Heather in VA]

If you look at a pp, it was actually, "Blend the drink," which makes sense; though "Blend in the dark," is much funnier. :D

 

Ahhh...I missed that post. Yes 'Blend the drink' is a command. 'Blend in the dark' is a disaster waiting to happen LOL.

 

Heather