Imperative, Desiderative and Doubtful Prayer

The intention of the person speaking is one of the criteria for classifying sentences. In this sense, we then explain imperative, wishful and doubtful sentences with some illustrative examples.

To the margin Of these three types of sentences, the enunciative, the exclamatory and the interrogative are also integrated into the classification of sentences according to purpose or attitude of the speaker.

Imperative

With this type of sentence the speaker communicates some type of order or command. Some examples would be the following: "Do what I ask you immediately", "Call me as soon as possible", "Get to work right now", "Do not disturb others". As you can see, these sentences are presented with an affirmation or a negation.

In the field of grammar The terms imperative sentence and exhortative sentence are used interchangeably. In any case, they are used to prohibit, to advise or to order.

Wishful

It is that sentence that expresses some kind of desire or aspiration. For example: "Hopefully we win the match", "Have a good exam", "I hope you can solve your problem as soon as possible" or "Have a good trip back". As a general criterion in these sentences, the verb tense is used in the subjunctive.

Hesitant

If the speaker wants to express some kind of doubt, fear or assumption he will use a doubtful sentence. Some illustrative examples are the following: "Possibly the candidate of the right will win the elections", "It may rain this weekend" or "Maybe my neighbor will pay the expenses". As can be seen, what is communicated in sentences has a component of uncertainty.

Other ways to classify and analyze sentences

Sentences can be classified in other ways. Thus, they can be divided into transitive and intransitive, active or passive, simple or compound, coordinated or subordinate, copulative or predicative, unimembres or bimembres, reflexive or reciprocal.

By studying the sentences we can also focus on their morphology and syntax, An analysis morphologic of a sentence implies saying to what category grammatical belong the words that form it, as well as the gender and the number of them. A syntactic analysis of a sentence involves determining what the sentence structures are (subject and predicate, noun phrase and verb phrase, complements ...).

Obviously, morphological and syntactic analysis are complementary and for this reason both can be carried out jointly.

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