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=== subjunctive mood === | === subjunctive mood === | ||
* expresses a hypothetical or | * expresses a hypothetical, possible or desirable scenario | ||
** called "mood" because it often expresses an emotion | ** emphasizes importance, emergency or possibility | ||
* subjunctive | ** called "mood" because it often expresses an emotion, suggestions, desire, or demand | ||
** ex.: "If I had studied harder, I would have done better on the test." | * hypothetical subjunctive: | ||
*** "had studied" = past perfect (an action that happened at one time) | ** pairs verbs of opposing tenses by creating a hypothetical (not actual) scenario, usually starting with "if" | ||
*** "would have studied" = conditional perfect tense (also "past tense modal") | ** ex.: "''If I had studied harder, I would have done better on the test''." | ||
**** "would" = past tense of "will" thereby represents an imaginary action from the past | *** "''if''" creates the hypothetical | ||
*** "''had studied''" = past perfect (an action that happened at one time) | |||
*** "''would have studied''" = conditional perfect tense (also "past tense modal") | |||
**** "''would''" = past tense of "will" thereby represents an imaginary action from the past | |||
* suggestion, demand or command subjunctive: | |||
** ex. "''I recommend that you talk to your teacher''" | |||
*** "''I recommend''" = a command or suggestion | |||
*** "''that you talk''" = present tense subjunctive | |||
* subjunctive and the "'''that clause'''" | |||
** the relative pronoun "that" can be omitted in the subjunctive mood: | |||
*** "''I recommend you talk to your teacher''" | |||
*** = same as "''I recommend that you talk to your teacher''" | |||
* see | * see | ||
** [<nowiki/>[[wikipedia:English_subjunctive|English subjunctive(wiki)]]] | ** [<nowiki/>[[wikipedia:English_subjunctive|English subjunctive(wiki)]]] | ||