Ed,
    My problem with "Each sentence contains a thought" is that most sentences contain several thoughts. I can't remember if I gave the following explanation on this list recently, but .....
 
He lives in a house. (1 thought)
The house is green. (1 thought)
 
He lives in a green house. (1 thought?)
 
Ed
 


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Dear Folks,
     I have my own ideas on this, but I wondered what some of you might say---succinctly, if possible---to someone who made the assertion:  "Each sentence contains a thought."  They are talking about the written language and about American English.

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