A declarative statement shouldis not be deemed synonymous with an [[affirmative (linguistics)|affirmative]] one., Thisnor isneed becauseit althoughbe a[[true]]. declarativeDeclaratives statementmay canbe statephrased factspositively (givenor thatnegatively the(assert speakeror is not consciously lyingnegate), itaffirm canor alsorefute expressa somethingproposition which is not true. The information he(support or she is providingundermine), regardlessbe ofhonest whetheror itdishonest be(speak truefrankly or not in ''reality''deceive), isor inmay factbe true or false to(inform that speaker. Therefore, a declarative can be either in the affirmativeaccurately or in the [[negation (linguisticsmisinform)|negative]], and we can say that, ''Joanna is late'' and ''Joanna is not late'', both. technicallyAll qualify as declarative sentences. ''Declarative'' refers to a sentence's function or purpose, while ''affirmative'', ''positive'' and ''negativetrue'' deal with a sentence's veracitytopicality, or grammatical polarity, and veracity, which is why the different terms can overlap simultaneously.
Though not as erroneous as the above misnomer, there is a clouding that can occur between the slight distinction of the affirmative, and the [[positive (linguistics)|positive]]. Although it semantically speaking comes natural that ''positive'' is the opposite of ''negative'', and therefore should be completely synonymous with ''affirmative'', grammatically speaking, once again they tend to be separate entities; depending on specificity. ''Positive'' in linguistic terms refers to the degree of the quality of an adjective or adverb, while ''affirmative'' refers to the perceived validity of the ''entire'' sentence.
