Editing Imperative mood (section)

== Formation ==
Imperative mood is often expressed using special [[grammatical conjugation|conjugated]] verb forms. Like other [[finite verb]] forms, imperatives often inflect for [[grammatical person|person]] and [[grammatical number|number]]. Second-person imperatives (used for ordering or requesting performance directly from the person being addressed) are most common, but some languages also have imperative forms for the first and third persons (alternatively called [[cohortative]] and [[jussive]] respectively).

In [[English language|English]], the imperative is formed using the bare [[infinitive]] form of the verb (see [[English verbs]] for more details). This is usually also the same as the second-person present [[indicative]] form, except in the case of the verb ''to be'', where the imperative is ''be'' while the indicative is ''are''. (The present [[English subjunctive|subjunctive]] always has the same form as the imperative, although it is [[Negation (linguistics)|negated]] differently – the imperative is negated using ''do not'', as in "Don't touch me!"; see [[do-support|''do''-support]]. Occasionally ''do'' is not used: ''Dare not touch me!'') The imperative form is understood as being in the second person (the subject [[pronoun]] ''you'' is usually omitted, although it can be included for emphasis), with no explicit indication of singular or plural. First and third person imperatives are expressed [[periphrasis|periphrastically]], using a construction with the imperative of the verb ''let'':
* Let me (Let's) see. ([[internal monologue]] equivalent to a first person singular imperative)
* Let us (Let's) go. (equivalent to a first person plural imperative)
* Let us be heard. ([[royal we]] in an equivalent to a first person passive imperative; also constructions like "We are to be heard")
* Let him/her/it/them run. (equivalent to a third person imperative; constructions with [[English modal verbs#may|''may'']] are also used)
* Let him/her/it/them be counted. (equivalent to a third person passive imperative)