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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 '''if John likes apples'''
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# 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.  
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# 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.

  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

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References

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