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One Word (Verb) Imperative sentences (sentence fragments/Minor Sentences)

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I feel, there are many single verbs, which are used as one word sentences. Although, I am confident about a few but not for all. I present my compiled list below to exchange views on the topic.(I am not using the exclamation marks)

1. Emergency
Help/escape/Hide/Rush/caution/beware/Chase/Arrest

2.At Clinic and/or in general
sit/lie/breathe/relax/sleep/drink/eat/cough/lean/settle/swallow

3. Army etc
march/halt/Fire/shoot/Kill/Attack

4. Games,sports & frolic
catch/throw/hit/kick/strike/Sing/dance/clap/repeat/draw/paint/enjoy/shout/scream/whisper/rhyme/
jump/skip/jogroll/crawl/kneel/climb/swim/swing/Fight/shake/

5. Academics/Education & others
Read/spell/recall/remember/Explain/Translate/write/think/try/guess/Correct/rectify/ask/answer/observe
5. In general
wait/hold/grip/start/stop/Repeat/continue/Return/Finish/proceed
Open/Close/see/watch/look/go/come/leave/move/run/Rush/hurry
walk/follow/cancel/Push/Pull/drag/lift/clean/smell/taste/Smile/laugh/listen/
Choose/decide/prove/select/confirm/promise/drop/pick/pay/show/dispose/forget/accept/respond/
dial/change/Rub/erase/bath/brush/wash/add/mix/ready/steady/join/cut/

I would look forward to other members to point out which are not applicable and if they can add some more.

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I should think any verb could be a one-word sentence, given the right context. If it wouldn't spoil things, let me add some non-verbs:

> Hi, hello, greetings, salutations; goodbye, bye, farewell

> Sure, surely, certainly, naturally, evidently, unfortunately...ok, any adverb too.

> Congratulations, great, excellent...there oughta be more along this line but I've suddenly gone blank.

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I'm with Bob. I've actually heard one-word imperative sentences made from "compile!" and "modulate!"

And since (per Bill Watterson) any word can be made a verb, it opens up all sorts of additional possibilities, like the creepy old character in the Stephen King book who issues the command "thinner!"

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I recall learning about this back in grade school, when the nuns were explaining how to "diagram" sentences. I got up to sharpen my pencil, unfortunately right in the middle of whatever the nun was saying, and she looked at me the way only a nun can, and said "Sit!" Ever anxious to turn a disciplinary situation into something else, I quickly sat down, raised my hand, and (precociously) asked "Sister, you always tell us to speak in complete sentences, so how would you diagram what you just said to me?"

Again, I got that "nun glare," but then she realized it was a perfectly legitimate question and one of those "teachable moments." It was then that I learned about implied subjects (You) and implied adverbs (down, now).

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Notwithstanding Heimhenge's ruler-slapped-raw knuckles, it would seem, logically, that any intransitive verb could be said in the imperative, if in the right context. "Extrapolate!"

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