Subjunctive: What's a Mood in English Grammar?

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Index
0:00 Introduction
1:24 What is a mood?
1:43 What are the moods in English grammar?
(Note that not all sources agree on how many moods there are and what they are. Some grammarians divide moods into major and minor ones. A few sources recognize one I didn't present: the exclamatory mood.)
4:14 The past subjunctive "were" in "if" clauses
4:50 The past subjunctive "were" in wishes
5:23 Variation with "as if/as though"
6:00 Verbs of necessity followed by the subjunctive (Some sources call these "performative verbs.)
8:15 Quiz 1: error correction
8:45 Gerunds as an alternative
9:22 (Object) + infinitive as an alternative
9:58 Passive forms in the subjunctive
10:10 Quiz 2: forming the passive
10:34 Negative forms in the subjunctive
11:43 Quiz 3: making less formal sentences
12:28 Practice task. Giving advice.

????There are other uses of the subjunctive, for example set phrases with subjunctive verb forms ("so be it"). I limited my presentation to the more common uses.????

▶️ Playlist on conditionals.
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▶️Gerunds and infinitives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4HjWXC7Z14

▶️Types of clauses.
https://youtu.be/u3CJs0etXkw

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