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sentence vs sentences

The phrases "sentence" and "sentences" are comparable as they both refer to different forms of the same word. The choice between them depends on whether you are referring to a single sentence or multiple sentences.

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sentence

This is correct when referring to a single unit of language that expresses a complete thought.

Use "sentence" when talking about a single unit of language that expresses a complete thought.

Examples:

Please write a sentence using the word 'apple'.
He constructed a beautiful sentence in his essay.

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Find sentence examples and see how specific words can be used in sentences. YourDictionary is your resource for sentence-related content.
In linguistics and grammar, a sentence is a linguistic expression, such as the English example "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
sentence · Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that ...
You can use this framework to compute sentence / text embeddings for more than 100 languages. These embeddings can then be compared e.g. with cosine-similarity ...
7 days ago ... sentence noun [C] (GRAMMAR) ... a group of words, usually containing a subject and a verb, expressing a statement, question, instruction, or ...

Alternatives:

phrase
clause
statement
line
utterance

sentences

This is correct when referring to multiple units of language that express complete thoughts.

Use "sentences" when talking about multiple units of language that express complete thoughts.

Examples:

She wrote several sentences for her homework.
The book contains many complex sentences.

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I particularly remember three key sentences from your speech.
Sometimes your sentences get a little unwieldy.
Statistics show that immigrants receive longer sentences.
Achieve a continuous increase in the execution rate of court sentences.
Many demonstrators and opposition leaders were arrested and could face severe sentences.
But some of the accused are still facing the death penalty and the others face heavy sentences.
Then we move these two sentences to the top of the second para.
A couple of sentences, a question or two.
The running together of the two sentences makes this clear.
While he was there, most of the sentences were overturned.
Badly formulated sentences full of lies.
If you change these 15 or 20 sentences...
There is no need to learn sentences from memory.
When you approach, be sure to use short sentences.
I want you to read your own sentences when I come back.
These sentences shall be clearly distinguishable in relation to the whole advertisement.
One of my favorite sentences right there.
These sentences shall be easily legible and clearly distinguishable in relation to the whole advertisement.
I put these sentences into his voice synthesizer.
The governor commuted a boatload of sentences to take care of prison crowding.

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phrases
clauses
statements
lines
utterances

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