Laziness will almost always portend failure. The Greek oracles observed various signs that might portend victory or defeat. He was certain that the favorable review would portend the success of his...
When it has a subject, verb, punctuation, capitalization, a predicate, and a complete thought. A sentence is a sentence when it is handed down by a judge (or a magistrate).
A sentence is a sentence because it has a subject (noun or noun phrase), a predicate ( verb) and punctuation as well as the other parts of speech like pronouns ( she, it him, her, they, them)...