SUBJUNCTIVEMOOD

Subjunctive mood

The subjunctive is a grammatical mood found in many languages. Subjunctive forms of verbs are typically used to express various states of unreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet occurred – the precise situations in which they are used vary from language to language. The subjunctive is an irrealis mood – it is often contrasted with the indicative, which is a realis mood.

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subjunctive mood

Noun

  1. Mood expressing an action or state which is hypothetical or anticipated rather than actual, including wishes and commands.
    If John were here, he would know what to do.
    If this be liberty, then give me death!
    I wish that I were there.
    I want that he go.


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