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[*] 269. A Sentence is a form of words which contains a Statement, a Question, an Exclamation, or a Command. [*] a. A sentence in the form of a Statement is called a Declarative Sentence: as,—canis currit, the dog runs. [*] b. A sentence in the form of a Question is called an Interrogative Sentence: as,—canisne currit? does the dog run? [*] c. A sentence in the form of an Exclamation is called an Exclamatory Sentence: as,— quam celeriter currit canis! how fast the dog runs! [*] d. A sentence in the form of a Command, an Exhortation, or an Entreaty is called an Imperative Sentence: as,—ī, curre per Alpīs, go, run across the Alps; currat canis, let the dog run.
Ginn and Company, 1903.
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