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Conditional mood indicates a contingent situation. In English, conditionals are often indicated with ''if''.
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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.  
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_mood
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_mood
 
 
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*http://www.viswiki.com/en/Conditional_mood
  

Revision as of 13:10, 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.

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.