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Many languages has the concept of grammatical mood, which describes the talker's relation, or intention to the reality. Many times this relation is reflected by the inflection of the verb?. Modern English does not have all of these moods, and has a very simplified verb inflection, thus it's not straightforward to explain them in this language, and different languages might even define them a bit differently.

Possible moods include:

Indicative mood

Used to express facts and opinions.

Imperative mood

Used to give commands, direct requests, prohibitions.

Subjunctive mood

Used in dependent clauses, when talking about hypothetical, unlikely events. In English, you rarely notice that you are using it.

Injunctive mood

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Optative mood

Used to express potential events, or wishes.

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Edited December 20, 2001 6:45 am by Chexum (diff)
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