Re: Question about a Mood

Patrick Dunn wrote:
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> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, nicole perrin wrote:
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> > Hi, I have a quick question about the name of a mood.  I recall that
> > several months ago someone posted a language sketch that included Mood
> > X, which was used for storytelling.  What mood would be used for this?
> > See, the things I want to use it for are this:  a)fiction (storytelling)
> > and b)when you are recounting something you know isn't true
>
> Sounds like a strange subjunctive or optative hybrid, but I'd be inclined
> to make up my own mood -- how about Narrative Mood?  Fictional Mood?
> Moods are great; you can have as many as you want and they don't have to
> make much sense.  ;)
I definitely agree.  And Narrative sounds good to me.

Nicole
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