In a writing exercise I sent to my English teacher, she wrote some comments evaluating my writing. Some comments were about what I did, and others were about what I should do. In the sentences about what I should do she used the Imperative form. But, one of the sentences was this one:
Put a touch of personal feeling in
your conclusion.
The problem is that the word "Put" can be Preterit, Past Participle or Present Participle. So, how can I know if "Put" was used as a Preterit or to build an Imperative clause?
Answer
It has to be an imperative; if it were preterit, it would have a subject (“You put a touch of …”).
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