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Questions regarding use of the Imperative mood - commands or instructions.

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Imperative vs. Declarative (can a third grader or his parents tell the difference?)

My 3rd grade son was supposed to write a series of sentences, and write whether they were "imperative" or "declarative" (or "interogative" or "exclamatory", but those aren't relevant for this question). The sentence he wrote was "You must join with…
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Imperative followed by "rather than"?

Have in mind what you want to take a picture of beforehand - shoot a single shot rather than taking many random pictures. I came across this sentence and I'm confused about the verb following "rather than", it's in the -ing form but is it…
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Does "Welcome, Campers" require a comma?

Does a greeting like, "Welcome, Campers" require a comma after "Welcome"? Or can you write "Welcome Campers"? This would be for a sign, or an email where the opening sentence is, "Welcome campers!" I have argued that "Welcome campers" means…
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If you start an imperative with "you", does it become a statement or stay as a command?

If you start an imperative with "you", does it become a statement or stay as an imperative? Here are some examples: You put the book on the shelf. You get help. By the way, I'm still on the "sort-of" subject of imperatives.
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What is the term for telling someone unkindly to go do something

There are phrases we use to tell a person to go do something, elsewhere, away from us, that might cause injury or misfortune. There is not necessarily an expectation that they will do the thing. It is mostly meant to reinforce that the person is not…
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Imperative towards the sun?

For example, in novels, or poems, if I happen to make some kind of imperative towards the sun, or third-person things as such, how should I do? For instance, when I want the sun to rise. Is it: Rise, the sun! But I've never heard such sentence, so…
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Is 'you are required' an imperative?

I've googled this but I cannot find an answer. The other similar threads asked was can the form of the verb 'be' be an imperative? I don't know if 'you are required' is a form of the 'be' verb. "You are required to ... do this and do that"
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"Imperative to" + "-ing" suffix

Is it correct to write: "An agreement is imperative to tackling the problem"? Or should it be: "An agreement is imperative to tackle the problem"? Thanks
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How do I compose an imperative sentence that tells a parent to "Ask" a child?

We are putting together a kit of picture books and a narrative on how parents can use the books to help a child with early literacy. We want to use an imperative sentence to tell the parent to ask the child some specific points about the book. For…
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