Skeleton Types

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Every sentence in Latin (or English for that matter) must have a certain combination of words in order to be a complete sentence rather than a fragment of a sentence.  

"The dog chases the cat" is a complete sentence.

"The dog the cat" is not a complete sentence.

This minimum framework of a complete sentence or clause is what is called the skeleton.

The skeleton is made up of skeleton items. 

For more information, see the Sentence Structure topic.

This is the index of pages discussing the various kinds of Latin skeletons (i.e. the essential elements.  Select one of the following options to go to a general discussion of the topic selected.

Transitive Active
Intransitive Active
Linking
Passive
Impersonal Passive

Last Updated March 18, 2003

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