TagImperative mood

The Subjunctive Tense

If the subjunctive tense were to disappear from English, would our language be the poorer for it? The hosts have strongly different opinions about it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “The Subjunctive Tense” Hello, you...

wh-imperative

wh-imperative  n.— «There is some evidence of impositives and wh- imperatives, but relative to all the questions that mothers address to their children, the number of the wh- imperatives and impositives is small.» —by Ioanna...