Examples:
(a) Shut the door.
(b) Be on time.
(c) Don't shut the door.
(d) Don't be late.
An imperative sentence has an understood subject (you), and the verb (e.g., shut) is in the simple form.
Shut the door. = (You) shut the door.
Be on time. = (You) be on time.
In the negative, don't precedes the simple form of the verb.
(e) Turn right at the corner.
(f) Shut the door.
(g) Please shut the door. Shut the door, please.
An imperative sentence can be used to give directions, as in (e) .
An imperative sentence can be used to give an order, as in (f).
It can also be used to make a polite request, as in (g), when the word please is added.
Note: Sometimes would you/could you is added as a tag question (almost as an afterthought) to turn an imperative into a polite request; e.g., Shut the door, would/could you? Sometimes, usually in a formal situation, won't you is added to an imperative as a tag question to make a polite request; e.g., Have a seat, won't you?
Cheers!
Naeem
(a) Shut the door.
(b) Be on time.
(c) Don't shut the door.
(d) Don't be late.
An imperative sentence has an understood subject (you), and the verb (e.g., shut) is in the simple form.
Shut the door. = (You) shut the door.
Be on time. = (You) be on time.
In the negative, don't precedes the simple form of the verb.
(e) Turn right at the corner.
(f) Shut the door.
(g) Please shut the door. Shut the door, please.
An imperative sentence can be used to give directions, as in (e) .
An imperative sentence can be used to give an order, as in (f).
It can also be used to make a polite request, as in (g), when the word please is added.
Note: Sometimes would you/could you is added as a tag question (almost as an afterthought) to turn an imperative into a polite request; e.g., Shut the door, would/could you? Sometimes, usually in a formal situation, won't you is added to an imperative as a tag question to make a polite request; e.g., Have a seat, won't you?
Cheers!
Naeem
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