Asked by Anonymous

I'm confused with imperative sentence.
Is " You must go to school right now." a imperative sentence? Thanks.
Answered by Writeacher
No, that's a statement -- a declarative sentence. An imperative sentence with the same ideas would be this:

Go to school right now.

http://www.rhlschool.com/eng3n21.htm
Answered by Ms. Sue
No, that is not an imperative sentence. Imperative sentences have an understood subject (you) that is not voiced or written in the sentence. To make it imperative, you'd say:

<b>Go to school right now.</b>

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/340685/four_kinds_of_sentences_declarative.html?cat=4
Answered by Anonymous
So is "Please leave the room soon." an imperative sentence?
Thank you.
Answered by GuruBlue
No, that is a request. Leave the room now. That would be the imperative for. Imperative means an order not a request.
Answered by Anonymous
But in the website that Ms. Sue gives me. It says "Imperative sentences in the English language are the sentences that make a command or request"...
Answered by Ms. Sue
We do seem to have a difference of opinion here. However, here are two more sites that include requests using "please" as imperative sentences.

http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/sntpurps.html

http://academicwriting.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_identify_the_four_types_of_sentences



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