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negative sentence

A declarativeThe sentence type used to make statements; it can be an affirmative sentence or a negative sentence. E.g.: John likes squash a lot. Tim has no friends. sentence indicating "no". E.g.: Tim has no friends.

See also: affirmative sentence Synonyms: negative
noun

A part of speech that names a person, place or thing. E.g.: The koala is a marsupial. ("koala", "marsupial")

See also: adjective, adverb, conjunction, pronoun, verb