The unmodified subject may be called the _simple subject_, or, merely, the
_subject_. If modified, it becomes the _complete subject_.
The assertive element, together with the attribute complement, if one is
present, may be called the _simple predicate_. If modified, it becomes the
_complete predicate_.
Some grammarians call the assertive element, alone, the _simple
predicate_; modified or completed, the _complete predicate_.
+16. Classification of Sentences as to Purpose.+--Sentences are classified
according to purpose into three classes: _declarative_, _interrogative_,
and _imperative_ sentences.
A _declarative_ sentence is one that makes a statement or declares
something: [Columbus crossed the Atlantic].
An _interrogative_ sentence is one that asks a question: [Who wrote
_Mother Goose_?].
An _imperative_ sentence is one that expresses a command or entreaty:
["Fling away ambition"].
Each kind of sentence may be of an exclamatory nature, and then the
sentence is said to be an _exclamatory_ sentence: [How happy all the
children are! (exclamatory declarative). "Who so base as be a slave?"
(exclamatory interrogative). "Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard!"
(exclamatory imperative)].
Notice that the exclamation point follows the declarative and imperative
forms, but the interrogative form is followed by the question mark.
WORDS AND THEIR OFFICES
+17. The Individual Elements+ of which every sentence is composed are
_words_.
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