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these are clauses that semantically express a hypothesis or condition. In English these clauses are marked by words like “if” and “unless.
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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''.
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# I wonder if John likes apples.
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# If Dan comes, I'm leaving
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# If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped.
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# Had I known, I wouldn't have done that.  
  
==References==
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==See Also==
 
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*[[Mood (definition)]]
Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
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*[[Modal (definition)]]
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
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==References==
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*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  
 
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[[Category:Technical Definitions]]
 
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[[Category: Mood]]

Latest revision as of 13:12, 4 June 2012

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

External Links

Note: Wikipedia can be edited by anyone and often pages are vandalized or uninformed, So be careful with any links posted below!

References

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