declarative sentence
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A proposition or statement is a declarative sentence with a truth value—that is, a sentence that is either true or false.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
In his left he holds a hand-painted sign etched with four words, one declarative sentence: “I did not forget.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2021
The power of his prose was the lean declarative sentence.
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2017
As a journalism major, I favored the frankness and simplicity of the declarative sentence, which is how we built newspaper stories that plainly said what they meant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2016
The period, or full stop, marks the end of a declarative sentence.
From Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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