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six word sentence?
justme
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2009/02/26 - 9:00am

Can't remember if it was this show or not, but they talked about six-word sentences. Does anyone have a link to that? Whatever show, it was NPR and it aired last Sat.

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2009/02/26 - 9:56am

I have no idea

perhaps
there's a set of different words types that each needed to be used

noun
verb
adjective or adverb
proposition
explicative
conjunction

And with great bluster, proclaimed "Ouch!"

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2009/02/27 - 7:59am

I meant interjections instead of explicative.

ex ·pli ·cate (eks′pli kāt′) transitive verb - ·cat′ed, - ·cat′ ·ing
to make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully

http://www.yourdictionary.com/explicative
I used explicative as a euphemism for cuss words
in that such words and explicit about taboo subjects.

My use of explicatives are a subset of interjections.

Schoolhouse Rock “Interjections!” video

I understand articles (a, this, that …) are a subset of adjectives.

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