Is there an infinite number of sentences?

Infinite Number of Sentences? Question: If there is a finite limit to the length of a sentence — say, no sentence can take longer than 200 years to pronounce, which should exclude any sentence spoken by a human being — then there aren’t an infinite number of sentences.

Can sentences be infinite?

The answer is no. A sentence needs punctuation. After that punctuation it is over. A sentence fragment can be infinite but not a whole sentence because it has to end.

How many possible sentences of English are there?

We now have 3000 x 1000 x 3000 possible sentences, or 9 billion, though of course most of them would be silly.

What’s the longest possible sentence?

One of Molly Bloom’s soliloquies in James Joyce’s epic novel ‘Ulysses’ features a sentence of 4,491 words. The Guinness Book of Records lists the longest proper sentence as one from William Faulkner’s novel ‘Absalom, Absalom!’ (1,287 words).

What is the longest run on sentence?

The Guinness Book of Records lists the longest proper sentence as one from William Faulkner’s novel ‘Absalom, Absalom!’ (1,287 words). Some ancient languages, such as Sanskrit and Greek, did not have any punctuation. So all their sentences were long!

How do you use infinite in a sentence?

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope.

1. Her fellow members marveled at her seemingly infinite energy.
2. The universe is theoretically infinite.
3. Infinite space surrounds the Earth.
4. There was an infinite variety of drinks to choose from.
5. The choice is infinite.

How many combinations of English words are there?

Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, Volume 1. Oxford University Press, 1989. “In addition to the headwords of main entries, the Dictionary contains 157,000 combinations and derivatives in bold type, and 169,000 phrases and combinations in bold italic type, making a total of 616,500 word-forms.”

What is the shortest sentence in English?

I am
‘I am’ is the shortest sentence in English Language.