Imperatives – Are Commands Complete Sentences?

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This question seems to indirectly ask the question, but the upvoted answer says "the actual sentence is…". So my question is this: Are commands considered to be grammatically sound, complete sentences in the English language?

Some examples:

Go.

Add a note.

Do work.

Best Answer

The upvoted answer there actually says:

The subject (you) and helping verb (can) are implied

So yes, the above would be complete sentences. See also this question, in particular the upvoted and accepted answer for shortest complete sentence:

Go

People can nitpick about conversational colloquialisms and academic prose but most uses of a command will be understood as complete.

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