Imperative Mood

The imperative mood (abbreviated IMP) expresses commands or requests as a grammatical mood. These commands or requests urge the audience to act a certain way. It also may signal a prohibition, permission, or any other kind of exhortation.

Read more about Imperative Mood:  Morphology, Usage, Indicative and Prohibitive Mood

Famous quotes containing the words imperative and/or mood:

    “To me Americanism means ... an imperative duty to be nobler than the rest of the world.”
    —Meyer London (1871–1926)

    “Evolution was in a strange mood when that creation came along.... It makes one wonder just where the plant world leaves off and the animal world begins.”
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