Em: Hey Emma, I was wondering what is the shortest sentence in the English Language?
Emma: I am.
Em: Haha… I know you are short but I meant a sentence in English language!
Emma: Silly you. ‘I am’ is the shortest sentence in English Language. Doesn’t have to do anything with my height!
Em: Is it?
Is I am a complete sentence?
Reason: Yes. To make a complete sentence in English you need a subject and a predicate. The sentence ‘I am’ has both- the subject- I and Predicate- am. It also expresses a complete thought. So ‘I am’ is the shortest sentence.
Emma: I read in an article that ‘Go’ is a short sentence too.
Reason: In case of ‘Go’ as a sentence, the subject is understood as it is said to either singular or plural beings. Thus by emitting ‘you’ it just becomes an ellipsis. ‘Go’ is an imperative sentence. ‘I am’ is a non-imperative short sentence.
Em: Wow! I never knew something short can be so complicated! Oh wait, Emma is a complicated girl too.
Emma: Hey! I am not short!