Questions marks vs. periods

When a sentence has a question mark at the end, the sentence is called a “question.” But when a sentence has a period at the end, it’s merely called a “sentence”. Why isn’t there a special word for sentences with a period at the end?

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Tom Saaristo
19 years ago

HA! They do! It’s called a sentence! :^p

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