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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''. | 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 | + | # I wonder if John likes apples. |
# If Dan comes, I'm leaving | # If Dan comes, I'm leaving | ||
# If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped. | # If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped. | ||
| + | # Had I known, I wouldn't have done that. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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.
- I wonder if John likes apples.
- If Dan comes, I'm leaving
- If I hadn't seen him, he would have escaped.
- Had I known, I wouldn't have done that.
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References
- Matthews, P. H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
