English imperative profile (WALS Chs 70, 71, 72, 73) #
@cite{wals-2013}
English: second-person-only morphological imperative (Go!, Be quiet!) — typically the bare stem; Type 1 prohibitive (Don't go! — normal imperative with do-support negation); no dedicated hortative (periphrastic Let's go); no morphological optative (wishes via may or subjunctive relics like Long live the king).
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