the verb is in the subjunctive
11The Self Banished — is a poem written by Edmund Waller in about 1645, and is one of the first songs written by the English composer Edward Elgar. It was written in 1875, and specifically for “soprano or tenor”. It is unpublished.LyricsTHE SELF BANISHED :It is not… …
12Subjunctive mood — In grammar, the subjunctive mood (abbreviated sjv or sbjv) is a verb mood typically used in subordinate clauses to express various states of irreality such as wish, emotion, possibility, judgment, opinion, necessity, or action that has not yet… …
13subjunctive — subjunctively, adv. /seuhb jungk tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. (in English and certain other languages) noting or pertaining to a mood or mode of the verb that may be used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or… …
14subjunctive — /səbˈdʒʌŋktɪv / (say suhb jungktiv) Grammar –adjective 1. (in many languages) designating or relating to a verb mood having among its functions the expression of contingent or hypothetical action. For example, in the sentence Were I but king,… …
15subjunctive — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin subjunctivus, from Latin subjunctus, past participle of subjungere to join beneath, subordinate Date: 1530 of, relating to, or constituting a verb form or set of verb forms that represents a denoted act or state …
16Verb — This article is about the part of speech. For the physical activity program, see VERB (program). For English usage of verbs, see English verbs. Verbs redirects here. For the Christian gospel rapper, see Verbs (rapper). Examples I washed the car… …
17subjunctive — sub|junc|tive [səbˈdʒʌŋktıv] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Late Latin; Origin: subjunctivus, from Latin subjunctus, past participle of subjungere to join below, subordinate ] a verb form or a set of verb forms in grammar, used in some languages to… …
18subjunctive — noun (C) a verb form or a set of verb forms in grammar, used in some languages to express doubt, wishes: In if I were you the verb to be is in the subjunctive. compare imperative 1 (3), indicative 2 subjunctive adjective …
19subjunctive — sub•junc•tive [[t]səbˈdʒʌŋk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) gram. of or designating a grammatical mood typically used for subjective, doubtful, hypothetical, or grammatically subordinate statements or questions, as the mood of be in if this be treason Compare… …
20subjunctive — sub·junc·tive || sÉ™b dʒʌŋktɪv n. subjunctive mood, verb in the subjunctive mood (Grammar) adj. of or pertaining to a verb form which expresses an action or state as something which is not yet fact and is still contingent and dependent… …
