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Cool Question in imperative

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Can we ask question in imperatives???I m not talking about question tags.I m asking about Interrogative as per my knowledge is concerned there r Affirmative and Negative sentences in IMPERATIVES but Interrogative and Interronegative don't exist in IMPERATIVE sentences so i wanna ask ........

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Default Re: Question in imperative

'Open the door?'

I cannot imagine a command as a question. It could be a rhetorical question, I suppose, such as:

'Would you open the door?'

Yes, I think that would qualify as both interrogative and imperative.
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Thanks Mister Micawber for ur reply.
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