You wait at the bus stop

At a bus stop


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Ticket Seller: You’re not waiting here.

Man: Where can I wait?

Ticket Seller: You wait at the bus stop.

Man: Oh, of course. I, I keep forgetting, and then I can go downtown on the bus. .
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You wait at the bus stop.

Is this sentence an imperative or a declarative?

Thank you

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It’s just a statement describing a rule. I would say it is the Present Simple Tense.

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Thank you so much, Torsten :rose:

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It is imperative, in my view, because ‘Wait at the bus stop.’ (the normal imperative) means ‘You wait at the bus stop.’
For example, ‘Get out.’ means ‘You get out.’

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To me, ‘You may/must/should/can/could wait at the bus stop.’ - this can be a statement or a declarative sentence, Torsten.

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I think I agree with @Torsten here that the Ticket Seller is stating a rule.
“A person who wants to catch a bus waits at the bus stop.”

If may/must/should/can/could had been explicitly included, then they certainly would be telling the Man directly what to do.

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Thank you so much, Arinker :rose:

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Thank you so much, Anglophile :rose:

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