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Gamboler Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Sentence in subjunctive mood
The sentence is:
You deliberately manipulated the gripper of the crane so the rock [....] fall.
Should I use here "the rock would fall", "the rock will fall" or just "the rock fall"?
It's subjunctive mood and I always have doubts when dealing with it.
You deliberately manipulated the gripper of the crane so the rock [....] fall.
Should I use here "the rock would fall", "the rock will fall" or just "the rock fall"?
It's subjunctive mood and I always have doubts when dealing with it.
Top answer
so the rock would fall. But it's not subjunctive. "would" never indicates the subjunctive.
- so the rock would fall.
- But it's not subjunctive.
- "would" never indicates the subjunctive.
- Here you have a "so (that)" clause.
- These typically take "will" or "would" depending on the tense of the main clause which precedes.
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... so the rock would fall.
But it's not subjunctive. "would" never indicates the subjunctive.
Here you have a "so (that)" clause. These typically take "will" or "would" depending on the tense of the main clause which precedes.
You must drop the cup so (that) it will break.
You dropped the cup so (that) it would break.
But it's not subjunctive. "would" never indicates the subjunctive.
Here you have a "so (that)" clause. These typically take "will" or "would" depending on the tense of the main clause which precedes.
You must drop the cup so (that) it will break.
You dropped the cup so (that) it would break.
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