Literary notes about Imperative (AI summary)
The term "imperative" conveys both the force of command and the necessity of condition in literature. It is frequently used to denote a commanding tone or urgent decree, as in a child's stern warning or a leader's authoritative order ([1], [2], [3]). In grammatical discussions, it identifies a verb mood dedicated to issuing commands, underscored by detailed analyses of its forms and functions ([4], [5], [6]). Meanwhile, in philosophical and moral discourses, "imperative" takes on a broader meaning, signifying unyielding obligations or essential conditions that must be met ([7], [8], [9]). This dual usage highlights how the word operates both as a practical instruction in narrative and as a conceptual beacon in theoretical texts.
- Then there came the child's high, complaining, yet imperative voice: "Don't sing that stuff, mother; I don't want to hear it."
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - Then came a man's voice, angry and imperative: “Open up or we'll break the door in!”
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald - “You lie,” repeated the abbé a third time, with a still more imperative tone.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas and Auguste Maquet - The imperative is the mood of command or request.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - The imperative mood expresses a command; as, come!
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The ending of the imperative mood is -u .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed - No special explanation is needed to show how an imperative of skill is possible.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant - Secondly, in the case of this categorical imperative or law of morality, the difficulty (of discerning its possibility) is a very profound one.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant - When I conceive a hypothetical imperative, in general I do not know beforehand what it will contain until I am given the condition.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant
