Re: Question about a Mood
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 26, 2000, 23:02 |
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, nicole perrin wrote:
> 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. ;)
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