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"just arrive in plenty of time from now on."
Is this sentence a commanding sentence?
"just arrive in plenty of time from now on."
Is this sentence a commanding sentence?
Is this sentence a commanding sentence?
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@Atsushi_ Yes, you can use imperative forms as suggestions too. In speech, you just need to be careful with your tone so it doesn't sound like a command. If you want to make it as a suggestion grammatically, you should use "should".
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@Atsushi_ Yes, you can use imperative forms as suggestions too. In speech, you just need to be careful with your tone so it doesn't sound like a command. If you want to make it as a suggestion grammatically, you should use "should".
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