I can't play now, can you come back later?
Mike said, "I like grape soda".
can i used these as sentences
The first is called a run-on because it's really two sentences that are run together. This is correct:
I can't play now. Can you come back later?
The second sentence is fine, but put the period before the ending quotation marks, not after them.
thanks
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Yes, both of these can be considered as sentences.
The first sentence, "I can't play now, can you come back later?", is a complete sentence. It expresses a complete thought and contains a subject ("I") and a verb ("can't play"). It also includes additional information about the time ("now") and a question directed to the listener ("can you come back later?").
The second sentence, "Mike said, 'I like grape soda'," is also a complete sentence. It reports or quotes what Mike said, and it includes a subject ("Mike"), a reporting verb ("said"), and a direct quotation enclosed in quotation marks ("I like grape soda").
Both sentences are grammatically correct and can stand alone as independent thoughts or statements.