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 ### Instructions
 
-Write a function that returns 'true' if the 'string' passed as the parameter contains only lowercase characters; returns 'false' otherwise.
+Write a function that returns `true` if the `string` passed as the parameter contains only lowercase characters, otherwise, returns `false`.
 
 ### Expected function