{"id":3254,"date":"2012-08-27T16:13:38","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T16:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/SchoolTutoring.com\/help\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:32:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:32:05","slug":"the-ins-and-outs-of-mood-verbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/the-ins-and-outs-of-mood-verbs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ins and Outs of Mood: Verbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a grammatical level, there are four major moods, and they determine how verbs get used.<\/p>\n<p>There is the <em>imperative mood<\/em> which expresses a request or gives a command:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let\u2019s take a walk.<\/li>\n<li>Walk!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both are complete sentences and only a verb can be used properly as a one word, stand-alone sentence.<\/p>\n<p>There is the <em>indicative mood<\/em> which serves to state a fact.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We act.<\/li>\n<li>We played ball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A verb in the indicative mood does not work as a stand-alone sentence. If the sentence were simply \u201cAct!\u201d then the mood would shift to the imperative.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>subjunctive mood<\/em> is used to express a wish. When there are words like \u201cas though,\u201d \u201cif,\u201d then the subjunctive dictates the verb usage. This mood is more passive than the imperative mood and uses a passive voice construction with verbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I wish I were famous.<\/li>\n<li>If I were famous, I could do great things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the above example \u201cI wish I were famous\u201d the \u2018were\u2019 is the key to the point that this wish is not definitive. If the sentence said \u201cI wish I was famous\u201d that would be incorrect because the \u2018was\u2019 is an imperative or indicative construction and would make the sentence mean that \u2018I\u2019 definitely had been famous, but now I am not. That is not the meaning of the statement &#8220;I wish I were famous\u201d and that is how to determine whether to use \u2018was\u2019 or \u2018were\u2019 in a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>infinitive mood<\/em> is used when there is no specific subject associated with the verb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To err is human.<\/li>\n<li>Live to shop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In this instance, \u2018to err\u2019 is actually a noun and the verb used is \u2018is.\u2019 \u2018To err\u2019 and \u2018human\u2019 are both objects of the \u2018is\u2019 and so, with no clear subject central to the sentence, the mood is therefore the infinitive. Both are complete sentences or thoughts, but there is no functioning subject doing any of the things that the verb is illustrating.<\/p>\n<p>Still need help with Writing? 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