Editing Imperative mood (section)

== Syntax and negation ==
Imperative sentences sometimes use different [[syntax]] than declarative or other types of clauses. There may also be differences of syntax between affirmative and [[negation (grammar)|negative]] imperative sentences. In some cases the imperative form of the verb is itself different when negated. A distinct negative imperative form is sometimes said to be in '''prohibitive''' mood ([[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''proh'''}}).

Negative imperatives tell the subject to not do something. They usually begin with the verb "don't" or the negative form of a verb. e.g., example, "Don't be like that."

Many languages, even not normally [[null-subject language]]s, omit the subject pronoun in imperative sentences, as usually occurs in English (see [[#English|below]]). Details of the syntax of imperative sentences in certain other languages, and of differences between affirmative and negative imperatives, can be found in some of the other specific language sections below.

In writing, imperative phrases and sentences may terminate in an [[exclamation mark]] (!).