sentence

sentence (uavhengig setning, periode): an orthographic unit of words, extending from a capital letter up to a final punctuation mark; a full stop, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. Generally, a sentence consists of one or more clauses. A usage rule says that a complete sentence must contain a subject and a verb (and must be a main clause). In describing speech, it is common to talk about 'utterances' rather than sentences.