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Definition of Declarative sentence
1. Noun. A sentence (in the indicative mood) that makes a declaration.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Declarative Sentence
Literary usage of Declarative sentence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet (1841)
"was no need of a declarative sentence after eo many universities and doctors had
given their judgments against it. Soon after the marriage she was with ..."
2. The Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers Association (1872)
"Such a sentence is a declarative sentence. What is a declarative sentence ? ...
How is this declarative sentence begun ? With a capital. How closed ? ..."
3. Language Primer: Beginners' Lessons in Speaking and Writing English by William Swinton (1876)
"Such a sentence is a declarative sentence. 2. What is a declarative sentence ?
A declarative sentence is the statement of a fact. ..."
4. Junior High School English by Thomas Henry Briggs (1921)
"A declarative sentence is a sentence that tells, or states, something. ...
Rule I.1 Close every declarative sentence with a period. Rule 2. ..."
5. Essentials of English by Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey (1915)
"SUBJECT OF declarative sentence You have studied sentences in which the subject
came at the beginning, and others in which it came in the middle or at the ..."
6. English Grammar for Common Schools by Robert Comfort Metcalf, Thomas Metcalf (1894)
"THE TWO PARTS OF A declarative sentence. Exercise. Make complete sentences of
the following. 1. is often called Green Erin. 2. was succeeded by President ..."
7. Thought-building in Composition: A Training-manual in the Method and by Robert Wilson Neal (1913)
"Note 3: Since the topic-statement is the assertion of a thought, it will naturally
be expressed in a declarative sentence. Note 4: Moreover, because the ..."
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