The speaker's attitudes and intentions
Questions, requests and commands
Requests and commands
What do we want the other person to do?
imperative
grammatical mood
imperative sentence
అర్థం
A speech act that asks, tells, invites, warns, orders, suggests, or forbids someone to do something.
ఎలా గుర్తించాలి
Ask whether the speaker is trying to make the listener act or stop acting.
Visual guide
Speaker wants listener action
SPEAKER ──asks/tells──> YOU
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do it / stop it
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