This aspect of a sentence having the quality or ability of standing alone as a complete utterance to test the completeness and independence of thought is projected by Bussman (1059) in his definition that, “a sentence is a unit of speech constructed according to language- dependent rules, which is relatively complete in respect to content, grammatical structure and intonation. This definition conforms to Bloomfield’s emphasis on grammatical independence in his assertion that “Each sentence is an independent linguistic form, not included by virtue of any grammatical construction in any larger linguistic form’’ (qtd. in Tomori 20). The Bloomfield definition has been accepted by many linguists as a basis of a scientific definition of sentence.

            Vital matters in good expression are mentioned in Bussman’s idea of sentence. These include concepts such as, “language – dependent rules, content and grammatical structure”. This points to the fact that sentences are not made anyhow but are rule – governed and logically connected as Fish in Nordquist (5) captures that, “a sentence is a structure of relationships… a relationship with one another”. Words that form the various components or structures of a sentence are to be grammatical.

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