Does the virtual voice have tenses?

1, which means an assumption contrary to the present facts.

Clause: if+ subject +were or verb past tense

Subject: subject +should/would/could/may+ verb prototype

2. Assumptions contrary to past facts

If+ subject +had+ past participle

Main sentence: subject +should/would/could/may+have+ past participle.

3. Assumptions contrary to future facts

Clause: if+ subject +should/ were to/ verb past tense

Subject: subject +should/would/could/may+ verb prototype

Subjunctive mood is a special verb form, which is used to indicate that what the speaker says is not a fact, but a hypothesis, wish, doubt or speculation.

In addition to expressing false conditions, the if clause can also express speculation about the future. Because it doesn't happen in the future, it's not true or false, only how likely it is.

Extended data:

It is the past participle of the above verb, followed by the subject clause, such as suggesting that primary school students wear school uniforms.

In the noun form corresponding to the above verb, it is subject+connecting verb, followed by predicative clause. For example, his suggestion is that classed be rearranged.

In the appositive clauses that explain the nouns corresponding to the above verbs, for example, the workers put forward the requirement of increasing wages to cope with inflation.

The application of subjunctive mood in as if/as if leading adverbial clause (the form of the predicate verb is basically the same as that of the object clause after wish) means that contrary to the present facts or in doubt about the present situation, the predicate verb is used in the past tense.

For example, he felt as if he was the only one responsible for what happened. He felt as if he was responsible for what happened.

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