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Hanuman_2000 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Sentence type

Hello,

1.“Could you give me a wrench, please?”

Here we know that the speaker is requesting to someone , but the sentence has the interrogative form.

Imperative sentences are also used for request, offer etc apart from command.

So the above sentence could be imperative also according the definition of the imperative sentence.

Is it acceptable to call the (1) an imperative sentence?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

The tone of voice (spoken) or context (written) tell you whether it's a command or request. If this is not available, the could form can be assumed to be a request. ) d

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  • The tone of voice (spoken) or context (written) tell you whether it's a command or request.
  • If this is not available, the could form can be assumed to be a request.
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The tone of voice (spoken) or context (written) tell you whether it's a command or request. If this is not available, the could form can be assumed to be a request.
(Example of a command : parent to child : "Could you give me that - I'm not going to ask you twice!")
(Grammatically I would think it's not called an imperative, I'm sure someone could say what it is called.)
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It's a polite request.
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Hello,

Thanks.

The sentence is for a polite request. I want to categorize it into "imperative" or interrogative.

What shall I use?

Thanks.
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The question mark at the end gives you a clue.
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