What is the difference between the Conditional Mood and the Subjunctive Mood?

Conditional is not a mood, it is merely a sentence type: they are used to express that the action in the main clause can only take place if a certain condition is fulfilled. Sometimes the 'if' clause contains a verb in the subjunctive mood.

It is interesting why WIKIPEDIA calls it a mood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_mood

Another thing I don't find an explanation for is the fact that if conditional mood is only a type of

Wikipedia is simply wrong (as it sometimes is). Some conditional sentences express facts:

If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it boils.

Who or what entity regulates the English Grammar? Who is in position to proclaim rules and terms? It is just interesting to know.

The people who use it, honestly. Usage defines correctness - eventually!

Wikipedia is open to comment by anyone. I can create a post that says the verb "to be" is conjugated "I be, you is, he am" and until someone corrects it, it will be on the Internet. Use Wiki for basic knowledge, but don't trust it.

Mister MicawberWikipedia is simply wrong (as it sometimes is). Some conditional sentences express facts:If you heat water to 100 degrees C, it boils.

This is the only representative of conditional which can claim to belong to indicative mood. But what about the rest of conditional constructions, how can they belong to indicative if they express unreality?

Hi Ticce;

Indeed we need to be precise in our use of language and words. I use the dictionary as a good source (and try to be consistent in my posts.)

Definition of (grammatical) Mood:

a. a set of categories for which the verb is inflected in many languages, and that is typically used to indicate the syntactic relation of the clause in which the verb occurs to

In English language they are very difficult to be told from each other. In other languages the mess also is present.

The Conditional Mood expresses conditions and contains "if". Actually, it can be called "If Mood". Note, that the phrases like "I would go home now" also are parts of Condition Mood, since the dependent clause containing "if" is omitted here: "I would go home now, IF SOME

TicceWhat is the difference between the Conditional Mood and the Subjunctive Mood?

In most discussions of these concepts that I am familiar with, the conditional mood in English comes down to this: Any clause with a verb phrase that contains the word "would" is said to be "in the conditional mood". The term 'conditional mood' doesn't come up much in English

CalifJimAny clause with a verb phrase that contains the word "would" is said to be "in the conditional mood".

Would you call this conditional? (and this question, too?)

When we were kids, we would swim in the waterhole.