Sentence

    From The Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric
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    Sentence (jumla singular, jumal plural) is a grammatical unit that can stand independently as a complete statement, question, command, or other communicative construction. A sentence may contain one or more clauses.

    The Arabic term jumla may refer to what English grammar describes as either a clause or a sentence. The two terms are therefore not exact equivalents.