subjunctive mood

collocation in English

meaningsofsubjunctiveandmood

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subjunctive
noun[S]
uk
/səbˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/us
/səbˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/
in some languages, a verb form that refers to actions that are possibilities rather ...
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mood
noun[C]
uk
/muːd/us
/muːd/
the way you feel at a ...
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(Definition ofsubjunctiveandmoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubjunctive mood

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Results indicate a strong correlation between children's ability to use thesubjunctivemoodin relative clauses and their capacity for understanding false beliefs.
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There is also a less common mood, thesubjunctivemood.
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Expletive negation is licensed by thesubjunctivemoodin the comparative clause.
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Thesubjunctivemoodis however not used until much later in acquisition.
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For these young children, indicative andsubjunctivemoodin relative clauses must appear to be in free variation.
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Table 2 presents the frequency of the indicative mood and thesubjunctivemoodafter the two adverbials according to the country in which the sample was found.
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Against such a sparse background, extensive use of thesubjunctivemoodis entirely appropriate.
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This paper examines the possibility that the acquisition ofsubjunctivemoodselection in particular syntactic contexts is constrained by cognitive development in the area of representational theory of mind.
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As to thesubjunctivemoodof my noble friend, however subjunctive he may be in form, he is always indicative or even imperative.
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There is also an inflection for thesubjunctivemood.
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This usage comes from the third person singular form, present tense, active voice,subjunctivemoodof the verb.
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If the first person is included in the plural subjects, the hortative prefix is used in thesubjunctivemood.
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Thesubjunctivemoodis constrained to only a handful of verbs.
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Thesubjunctivemoodalso expresses warnings, suggestions and potential situations in some subordinate clause types.
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It is similar to the cohortative mood, and is closely related to thesubjunctivemood.
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Thesubjunctivemoodis archaic or formal, and is rarely used.
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For the perfective aspect, suffixes are used to indicate the past tense indicative mood, thesubjunctivemood, and the imperative mood.
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The auxiliary verbs "may" and "let" are also used often in thesubjunctivemood.
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The resulting subordinate clause often used thesubjunctivemoodinstead of the indicative.
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