A Guide For The Theoretically Ready Willing & Able
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Saturday, 12 August 2017
Imperatives: Person
Halliday & Matthiessen (2014: 165):
The imperative has a different system of person from the indicative. Since the imperative is the mood for exchanging goods–&–services, its Subject is ‘you’ or ‘me’ or ‘you and me’.