declarative sentence
States a fact
A declarative sentence is one that makes a statement rather than asking a question, giving a command, or expressing an exclamation.
Most sentences in ordinary speech and writing are declarative: The train leaves at noon.
She didn't answer the phone.
The term belongs to grammar instruction, where it contrasts with interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
- statementExpressed claim or fact
- assertionConfident statement of fact
- factVerifiable piece of information
- matter of factUnemotional and factual
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
period · full stop · grammar · syntax · subject · predicate · proclamation · announce · inform · tell · flat · plain · plain English · spoken · written · punctuation · verb · noun
declarative sentencequestion
Request for information
yes-no question · interrogative · command · rhetorical question · imperative
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