• stephen01king@lemmy.zip
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    13 hours ago

    Isn’t the first mistake simply him using the sentence to declare there is irony? How is that an incomplete sentence?

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      11 hours ago

      Could you clarify? Do you mean to say it’s incomplete or actually complete?

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          9 hours ago

          Now, I’m not as much of a grammar nerd as I’d like to be, but from what I understand, “irony right there” isn’t a complete sentence, or barely even a complete clause. It’s just a few words that should be part of a clause.

          Maybe someone could fill in the grammatical details here, or prove me wrong.

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            6 hours ago

            I guess if he wrote “That’s irony right there”, it would be easier to consider it a complete sentence, so maybe you’re right.

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              6 hours ago

              Yes – exactly! I think that’s actually the missing part here: “That’s”. It makes the following thing they say sound much more complete. 👍 Thank you!