Subjunctive Mood

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The subjunctive mood is often replaced by the indicative mood in everyday buy an essay speech, but it does have two important purposes. 1.It expresses a demand, suggestion, recommendation, or statement of necessity. Very often, sentences that satisfy these purposes will contain the words “demand,” “suggest,” “recommend,” or “necessary.”We suggest that Bobby play basketball at the recreation center. We suggest that Susan study hard for exams.These sentences could also begin with the phrases, “We recommend” or “We demand,” but the important aspect of the subjunctive mood is that with these phrases, the verb drops the -s that people might include onto the end of the word “play” or “study” to follow different set of grammatical rules.It is necessary that he be on time for work in the morning.In the subjunctive mood, the correct verb form is “be” instead of “am,” “is” or “are.” 2.In the second scenario, the subjunctive mood is used to state a condition or a wish that is not likely to come true. This use requires the verb to be in the past tense. If I were you, Bobby, I would play basketball at the recreation center. If I were to quit my job, I would have trouble finding a new one.I wish I were a stronger basketball player. Notice that in this second purpose, the subject of each sentence is “I” and the correct verb form in the subjunctive mood is “were” not “was.” It is important to note though that “I” is not the only possible subject in a subjunctive sentence.If the man were any taller, he would hit his head on the tops of door frames. If the dog were white, he would be camouflaged in the snow.

Verb moods are an important element of a sentence. Their goal is to express the purpose of the sentence by providing a clear meaning of the thought. To understand which verb mood is required, try to first establish which of the above conditions the sentence is trying to fulfill.

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