Question

What's the difference among sentences, statements, and assertions?

Answer 1

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In everyday English, an argument is a dispute or debate. In logic, the term has a more technical meaning. An argument is a set of at least two statements, one of which is the conclusion of the argument, and the rest of which are premises offered in support of the conclusion A statement is defined as that which is expressible by a sentence and is either true or false. The criterion of being either true or false is one thing that served to identify the informative use of language. Questions, commands, performatives, and expressions of feeling are neither true nor false. Statements are logical entities; sentences are grammatical entities. Not all sentences express statements and some sentences may express more than one statement. A statement is a more abstract entity than even a sentence type. It is not identical with the sentence used to express it. In this respect, a sentence is like a numeral and a statement is like a number. Each of the following can be used to express the same thing.