Conversation started Jul 24, 2015 at 21:37.
Anonymous
Jul 24, 2015 21:37
Modality has to do with how the speaker expresses the relationship between the proposition expressed by the sentence and reality.
Anonymous
Aspect has to do with the internal temporal consistency of a situation.
Anonymous
A mood is a grammatical form whose main purpose is expressing modality.
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@DamkerngT. I believe the first go that guy used in his poem needs a more advanced learner parsing than most of the not upgoer five thingies.
Damkerng T.
Damkerng T.
Hah!
You're probably right.
Anonymous
Of course, Persian may have a subjunctive mood or some kind of non-subjunctive aspect that you use. Lots of languages have subjunctive moods. Lots of languages have aspects of various sorts.
Anonymous
Jul 24, 2015 21:39
But that's not an argument that English has a subjunctive mood.
Anonymous
Subjunctive is one of the few grammar terms most English speakers are familiar with.
Anonymous
Although most of them seem to think it means specifically saying "If I were" rather than "If I was"
Anonymous
I don't think most people know what a system of mood is. (And that's okay.)
 
Conversation ended Jul 24, 2015 at 21:41.