barebones sentence

French translation: phrase simple

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English term or phrase:barebones sentence
French translation:phrase simple
Entered by: Stéphanie Soudais

14:29 Jan 2, 2008
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: barebones sentence
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"Think of a modifier as a descriptive word or word group added to a basic, barebones sentence."
Ronbien
Local time: 09:08
phrase simple
Explanation:
Il s'agit d'une phrase ne contenant qu'une seule proposition (sujet verbe complément), par opposition à la phrase complexe.
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"barebones sentence"
phrase simple


Explanation:
Il s'agit d'une phrase ne contenant qu'une seule proposition (sujet verbe complément), par opposition à la phrase complexe.

Stéphanie Soudais
France
Local time: 09:08
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 23
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