English Grammar: The Imperative

Mood is the category that distinguishes between the Indicative (that denotes factuality of an action/state/event) and Non-indicative i.e. the category that expresses the attitude of the speaker towards a state/event/action. The members of this category are: a) Imperative b) Subjunctive c) Conditionals The modal verbs are also classified under mood. However, their system is so semantically intricate that it is customary to describe the modals as a separate system of …

…person: You, stand up! You mark my words and mark them well! Don't you dare say that in front of your father! Complex imperative is used in the first and third persons, and it contains the following elements: Verb "let" + objective case + 1st/3rd person + bare infinitive Let me do it! Let's start early, shall we? Let them come! Let's not do that! Don't let us do that! Do let us come to an understanding!