Thursday, 12 March 2020

Eng 11 Subjunctive mood

subjunctive mood - talking about something that isn't true, dream, won't really happen

"I wish I was an NBA star." hope
"I wish I were an NBA star." dream won't come true

participle

"If she wins the lottery, she will buy a solid gold toothbrush." possible, may happen

"If she won the lottery, she would buy a solid gold toothbrush." dream, not going to happen

"If you go to college, you will learn a lot." possible

"If you went to Harvard, you would learn a lot."
very unlikely

subjunctive mood - dream, not going to happen

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