Regarding "we don’t know whether he has.", is it an incomplete sentence? whether Muller has "what"?? Context>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. The Washington Post has confirmed that the FBI launched a counterintelligence inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russi (2024)

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Short answer- If " we don't know whether he has" was used as a sentence by itself then it would be an incomplete sentence however it is actually used as a "dependent clause" in a complex sentence.

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I believe this sentence is a "complex sentence" - It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry, and we don’t know whether he has.

A complex sentence has an independent clause ( a phrase that could be a sentence by itself) and a dependent clause (a phrase that would be an incomplete sentence by itself).

Using your sentence-
the independent clause would be " It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry" If this sentence was by itself would it still make sense? I think so and that's how we know its an independent clause.

the dependent clause would be " we don't know whether he has". Like you said above its an incomplete sentence and does not make sense by itself which is how we know its a dependent clause.

When your reading a complex sentence the independent clause and dependent clause come together to form a complete sentence they are not two separate sentences.

So - It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry, and we don’t know whether he has.

To answer your question you need to look at the independent clause before it.- "we don't know whether he has" - what? we don't know whether he has continued the line of inquiry.

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Short answer- If " we don't know whether he has" was used as a sentence by itself then it would be an incomplete sentence however it is actually used as a "dependent clause" in a complex sentence.

Long answer-
I believe this sentence is a "complex sentence" - It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry, and we don’t know whether he has.

A complex sentence has an independent clause ( a phrase that could be a sentence by itself) and a dependent clause (a phrase that would be an incomplete sentence by itself).

Using your sentence-
the independent clause would be " It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry" If this sentence was by itself would it still make sense? I think so and that's how we know its an independent clause.

the dependent clause would be " we don't know whether he has". Like you said above its an incomplete sentence and does not make sense by itself which is how we know its a dependent clause.

When your reading a complex sentence the independent clause and dependent clause come together to form a complete sentence they are not two separate sentences.

So - It was Mueller’s decision to continue the line of inquiry, and we don’t know whether he has.

To answer your question you need to look at the independent clause before it.- "we don't know whether he has" - what? we don't know whether he has continued the line of inquiry.

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