What counts as a sentence in spoken language?

[Molly]

What counts as a sentence in spoken language?

[prezbucky]

subject and predicate (same rules)

It seems to me that people often speak in fragments.

"ya get some of that coffee?" = "Did you get some of that coffee?"

"got it done" = "I/he/she/they/we (etc.) got it done."

Come to think of it, yeah, in conversation with peers I am constantly leaving out the subject. If the subject is obvious, I'll often omit it.

[Haihao]

How about,

"What do you got?"

[prezbucky]

that might well end up being pronouncd "whatchoo got?" or "whatcha got?" in everyday American speech.

Again, whether one annunciates properly (or in a slangy fashion, as above) depends on a lot of things -- EG to whom he's talking, where he is, his mood, dental/oral health, etc.

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