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Positive Statements Empirically Concerns Indication Approval Disapproval Testable

Front positive statements
Back *concerns what "is", "was", or "will be", and contains no indication of approval or disapproval (what should be)
* testable - empirically true or false - "The moon is made of black and gold cheese" is empirically false, but is still a positive statement

opposite of: normative statements

Tags: writing

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