dzyubam wrote:
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created by: bbedited by: dzyubamA command is an order given to another person. It can be preceded by
please in order to make it more polite. The simple form of the verb is used and
you is the understood subject.
Make your bed.
Clean your room.
Please
open the door for me.
Be quiet.
Negative Commands
A negative command adds the word
don’t before the simple verb.
Don’t get in my way.
Don’t miss the bus.
Please
don’t do that again.
Don’t put that there.
Indirect Commands
Indirect commands will normally use the verbs
ask, tell, order, or
say. They are followed by the infinitive of the verb (
to + verb).
The judge
ordered him
to pay what he owed.
The professor
asked the class
to open their books.
Please
tell Paul
to return the library book.
He
told me
to wait in the hall.
Negative Indirect Commands
Add the word
not before the infinitive verb to make an indirect command negative.
I
told Rachel
not to walk that way to school.
Abigail
ordered Jerry
not to pull her hair.
Please
ask the kids
not to make so much noise.
Sue
asked the hairdresser
not to shorten her hair length.
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Nice information. But I have few doubts.
The professor
asked the class
to open their books.
I think the above line should be rewritten as
The professor
asked the STUDENTS
to open their books.
Class to open their books seems somewhat odd to me. May be I'm missing something.
Also, I have doubt about these 2 line
Abigail
ordered Jerry
not to pull her hair.
In the above sentence isn't ''her'' ambiguous? It can refer either to Abigail or Jerry???
And in the following sentence, why can't ''her'' refer to hairdresser??
Sue
asked the hairdresser
not to shorten her hair length.
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