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# Imperative
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Imperative is a mood. Mood is the form of a verb that helps someone to know whether the speaker or writer thinks something is, can be, or should be.
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The imperative mood often helps the reader know that the writer or speaker is commanding someone to do something.
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## More information about this topic
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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.
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### How else can the imperative mood be used in a sentence?
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* It can command someone not to do something or prohibit them from doing something.
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* It can be used to request permission to do something.
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* It can be used to make a request of someone who is greater than the person asking.
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* It can be used to encourage someone.
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When it is used with another verb, it introduces a condition on which the other action depends.
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See: Verb
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