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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Imperative?

Hi.
"To position more pieces in a particular area of the board, you simply move all your pieces to that sector."
from Wining Chess Play

Did "move" appear here in an imperative sense?
  

Top answer

No. move' is simple present.

— Mister Micawber

  • No.
  • move' is simple present.
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6 Answers
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No. 'You...move' is simple present.
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What in the world do you mean? The verb forms look alike, that is all.

I set the book on the table yesterday.
We set the book on the table every day.
They haven't set the book on the table yet.
Set the book on the table!

Those are 4 different verb forms; they simply look alike.
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I mean if it was "....simply move your pieces to that sector........" it would have been in the imperative.So what is the difference and why is it not imperative?I mean why doesn't it act as an order and why do you say it simply narrates a fact?
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Having a subject 'you' helps make it clear that it is simply present; understanding of what is being said (semantics) also suggests that imperative would be out of place here. It is true that 'you' does occasionally appear as a subject in commands, but when it does so, it is emphatic.
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Context and common sense.
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What caused you to get such a meaning from this sentence?
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