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Words that finally agreed where to start, stop, and behave.
means A grammatically complete unit of words expressing a full thought, usually bookended by a capital and a period.
from From Latin sententia, meaning opinion or judgment, via French sentence — once a verdict, now a verbal one.
Verdict rootsA judge still hands down a sentence.
Minimal formGo. is technically a complete sentence.
No ceilingFaulkner wrote one over 1,200 words long.