Assertative and Declarative
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact.
- synonyms: indicative mood, indicative, declarative mood, common mood, fact mood
adjective
- Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration.
- synonyms: declaratory, asserting
- Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements.
- usage: "indicative mood"
- synonyms: indicative
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