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- Can you use subjunctive in questions?
- What are the 5 uses of the subjunctive?
- What is the subjunctive mood used to communicate?
- What is the rule for subjunctive?
Can you use subjunctive in questions?
How, then, do we understand the subjunctive in questions? The simple answer is: Ask what kind of answer the speaker is seeking. If it is an order or expression of duty, the question is a jussive question. If the speaker is asking for an opinion about potential or possibility, then the question is a potential question.
What are the 5 uses of the subjunctive?
The subjunctive is used to express desires, doubts, wishes, conjectures, emotions, and possibilities.
What is the subjunctive mood used to communicate?
The subjunctive mood expresses wishes, suggestions, demands, or desires in a sentence with usually two clauses, with a verb such as wish (or suggest, demand, etc.)
What is the rule for subjunctive?
In most cases, the subjunctive form of a verb is usually the third-person form of the verb with the ‑s dropped, but the verb to be is a special case. The subjunctive is used after certain expressions that contain an order or a request, a hypothetical, or a wish.
