declarative
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Declarative sentences usually have a falling inflection just before the final period, that is, a lower pitch.
From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin
Declarative Sentence is one that is used to affirm or to deny.+
From Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition by Kellogg, Brainerd
Declarative Sentence is one that is used to affirm or to deny+.
From Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Reed, Alonzo
Declarative sentences, defined, 161, 1; —— in indir. disc.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Declarative; a sentence that tells or declares something; as, That book is mine.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
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