Conditional Mood (definition)

Conditional mood indicates a contingent situation, or in some circumstances counterfactual (counter to fact) situations. In English, conditionals are often indicated with if.

1. I wonder if John likes apples.
2. If Dan comes, I'm leaving
3. If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped.
4. Had I known, I wouldn't have done that.

See Also

• Mood (definition)
• Modal (definition)

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References

• Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.