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Seoul Brother Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Question about the mood

Below is the sentence written in the subjunctive mood.
Can you change the mood into the indicative mood?

If I saw the damage to your house, I could give you an estimate of the repair costs.

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Seoul Brother Below is the sentence written in the subjunctive mood. Actually, I don't see anything in that sentence that is definitively subjunctive so I'm puzzled by the question. , in one assumed context, "saw" may be considered subjunctive.

— CalifJim

  • Seoul Brother Below is the sentence written in the subjunctive mood.
  • Actually, I don't see anything in that sentence that is definitively subjunctive so I'm puzzled by the question.
  • , in one assumed context, "saw" may be considered subjunctive.
  • However, in the same system of analysis the form "saw" in itself is equally an indicative form.
  • It's hard to understand what you're asking and even harder to understand what you hope to gain from knowing its answer.
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Seoul BrotherBelow is the sentence written in the subjunctive mood.
Actually, I don't see anything in that sentence that is definitively subjunctive so I'm puzzled by the question.

In some systems of analysis, and under one particular interpretation of the sentence, i.e., in one assumed context, "saw" may be considered subjunctive. However, in the sa
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