Is it ok to use just “Careful!” instead of ”Be careful!” preceded by “be”?
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Is it “correct” if I say Careful! here without be in front of it?
- Careful! There is a car coming!
- Careful! Just one step back and you will fall off the cliff.
grammaticality ellipsis exclamations sentence-fragments conversational-deletion
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Is it “correct” if I say Careful! here without be in front of it?
- Careful! There is a car coming!
- Careful! Just one step back and you will fall off the cliff.
grammaticality ellipsis exclamations sentence-fragments conversational-deletion
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Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
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Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago
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Is it “correct” if I say Careful! here without be in front of it?
- Careful! There is a car coming!
- Careful! Just one step back and you will fall off the cliff.
grammaticality ellipsis exclamations sentence-fragments conversational-deletion
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Is it “correct” if I say Careful! here without be in front of it?
- Careful! There is a car coming!
- Careful! Just one step back and you will fall off the cliff.
grammaticality ellipsis exclamations sentence-fragments conversational-deletion
grammaticality ellipsis exclamations sentence-fragments conversational-deletion
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Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
12 hours ago
Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago
add a comment |
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Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
12 hours ago
Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago
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Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
12 hours ago
Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
12 hours ago
Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago
Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago
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Related and possible duplicates: english.stackexchange.com/a/66994 english.stackexchange.com/a/197194 english.stackexchange.com/a/93947 english.stackexchange.com/a/95849 english.stackexchange.com/a/305413 english.stackexchange.com/a/361016
– tchrist♦
12 hours ago
Rules of grammar are not very useful for giving sudden warnings. If there's only time for one word, don't make it an auxiliary verb.
– John Lawler
11 hours ago