Give Up?

The answer to yesterday's riddle lies within the punctuation, and not the riddle itself. Notice there is a period at the end and not a question mark. This makes the riddle a statement and not a question. You are being told that the word "what" has 4 letters, the word "sometimes" has 9 letters, and the word "never" has 5 letters. There is no answer to this riddle because there is no question to begin with. Tricky, tricky! Punctuation is important, ladies and gentlemen.