Third Person Imperatives
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What is expressed by using a third person imperative? Is it used to express a suggestion, permission or concession? If someone says " let them go by train", is it permission that is being granted or anything else?
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What is expressed by using a third person imperative? Is it used to express a suggestion, permission or concession? If someone says " let them go by train", is it permission that is being granted or anything else?
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The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
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It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35
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What is expressed by using a third person imperative? Is it used to express a suggestion, permission or concession? If someone says " let them go by train", is it permission that is being granted or anything else?
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The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
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It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35
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The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
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It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35
The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
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It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35
It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35
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The famous phrase which Marie Antoinette very probably didn't say, "Let them eat cake", is a suggestion - "Why don't they...". Another kind of third person imperative was discussed recently - english.stackexchange.com/questions/489667/god-save-the-king/…
– Kate Bunting
Apr 2 at 8:13
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It's a directive, but your example is a 2nd person imperative, where as usual the subject is omitted but understood as "you": "(You) let them go by train". Note that there's no such thing as a 3rd person imperative.
– BillJ
Apr 2 at 8:35