Writing 2125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Topic Sentence

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2125
• Professor: Mark Kearney

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Indicative: used for facts, opinions, and questions, and includes the conditional, most common type, (cid:862)i (cid:271)ought so(cid:373)e pe(cid:374)(cid:272)ils today. (cid:863) Imperative: used for orders or advice, e. g. , (cid:862)put your pe(cid:374)(cid:272)ils do(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:863) Subjunctive: used in certain contexts to express wishes, requests, or conditions contrary to fact. Present-te(cid:374)se (cid:448)er(cid:271)s do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge for(cid:373) to i(cid:374)di(cid:272)ate the (cid:374)u(cid:373)ber and person of the subject. Instead, the subjunctive uses the base of simple form of the verb with all subjects. It is important that you be prepared for the exam: we asked that he study more diligently. There is only one past tense form of be- were. If i were you, - but obviously i am not, i would study more. The subjunctive mood appears only in a few contexts: contrary to fact clauses beginning with if or expressing a wish. When the subject of a sentence performs the action of the verb, the verb is in the active voice.