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Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job! — As office occupancy rates stagnate, employers are giving up on perks and turning to threats (www.washingtonpost.com)
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Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job! — As office occupancy rates stagnate, employers are giving up on perks and turning to threats::undefined

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"not very persuasive" is not a sentence fragment. Sentences need a subject, verb, and a complete thought.

"Don't do that" has an implied subject of (you). "Not very persuasive" shares the same type implied subject and is a complete sentence.

Bonus fun fact, the shortest complete sentence in the English language is "I am" but not "I'm" because contractions are inherently dependent.

https://socratic.org/questions/what-is-an-implied-subject#:~:text=Implied%20subjects%20occur%20when%20a,the%20subject%20is%20not%20mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Don't do that" is a correct imperative sentence, which as your link says does not have a subject. "Not very persuasive" is not imperative and is indeed a sentence fragment.