Latin A-Level
Subjunctive as a mood
What Subjunctive as a mood means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Subjunctive as a mood
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A mood, not a tense, that signals how the speaker presents an action rather than stating it as plain fact.
Topics that use Subjunctive as a mood
- 5d. Latin Accidence and Syntax - Syntax (OCR A-Level)
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- Ablative of comparison
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- Ambiguity avoidance
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- Exhortation with the present subjunctive
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