Latin A-Level
Mood and sentence function
What Mood and sentence function means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Mood and sentence function
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Latin marks mood by function, so the verb's mood shows whether the sentence is a direct statement, a question or a command.
Topics that use Mood and sentence function
- 5d. Latin Accidence and Syntax - Syntax (OCR A-Level)
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