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==== Exclamatory ====
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In other words, exclamative sentences are used to make exclamations:
 
''What a stupid man he is!
* ''Ouch!''
How wonderful you look!''
* ''I'll never finish this paper in time!''
(from https://www.ucl.ac.uk/internet-grammar/clauses/discours.htm)
 
==== Imperative ====