Conditional Mood (definition)
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Conditional mood indicates a contingent situation, or in some circumstances counterfactual (counter to fact) situations. In English, conditionals are often indicated with if.
- I wonder if John likes apples
- If Dan comes, I'm leaving
- If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped.
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References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.