Answer:
yes it is a statement
This is why : The question mark on the end is reffering to to "is the following a statement" it has just been put on the end of the sentence to confuse you.
"This statement is false?" Notive how the "This" starts with a capital letter? it is the start of a new sentence and that is where the first paragraph comes in.
I hope this helped
Thanks for reading all of it.
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