Wednesday, October 21, 2009
"Go" is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
HT to our friend, Melissa.
what's the shortest sentence in the english language?
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2 comments:
hi, i think "Nothing" also qualifies as the shortest sentence?
I don't think that works because there's no predicate.
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