The imperative mood often helps the reader know that the writer or speaker is commanding someone to do something.
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Sometimes the imperative mood is used to speak a command with a lot of force. Sometimes the imperative mood is used to speak a command with little or some force.
### How else can the imperative mood be used in a sentence?
* It can command someone not to do something or prohibit them from doing something.
* It can be used to request permission to do something.
* It can be used to make a request of someone who is greater than the person asking.
* It can be used to encourage someone.
When it is used with another verb, it introduces a condition on which the other action depends.