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Subjunctive Mood |
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real possibility for future (Compare with subjunctive past)
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If + Subjective + verb word (present verb) .... ,
Subjective + will (or can , may , must ....) |
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(ex) If I find my passport, I'll tell you.
(=> Maybe I will find my passport ; real possibility)
(ex) If it is cold tomorrow, I'll not go there.
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not real possibility (Compare with subjunctive)
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meaning is present not past and opposite of present fact
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| If + Subjective + verb (past tense) .... Subjective
+ would (should, could, might) + verb word .... |
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(ex) If I had lots of money, I could buy BMW car.
(=>As I have no money, I can't buy BMW car)
(ex) If I won a billion dollars, I would buy house which have big garden.
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| 3. Subjunctive past perfect |
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The meaning is past not present and opposite of past fact.
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| If + Subjective + had + past participle .... ,
subjective + would (should, could, might) + have + past participle |
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(ex) If the bomb had detonated, many people would have died.
(=> many people didn't die, because the bomb didn't detonate.)
(ex) If the telephone had not been inaugurated by Bell, we would have felt uncomfortable.
(=> We felt comfortable, because Bell inaugurated telephone.)
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Subjunctive form
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| subjunctive present |
If + s + verb word .... , s + will + verb word .... |
| subjunctive past |
If + s + verb (past tense) .... , s + would (should,
could, might) + verb word .... |
| subjunctive past perfect |
If + s + had + p.p .... , s + would (should, could,
might) + had + p.p |
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meaning
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| subjunctive present |
real possibility for future |
| subjunctive past |
not real possibility ; opposite of present fact |
| subjunctive past perfect |
opposite of past fact |
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