how to pronounce subjunctive
/səbˈdʒʌŋk.tɪv/
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subjunctive is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of subjunctive in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… conditionals and the subjunctive like a …”
meanings of subjunctive
noun:
- Ellipsis of subjunctive mood.
- A form in the subjunctive mood.
adjective:
- Inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is possible, contingent or hypothetical, and not a fact.
subjunctive frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word subjunctive occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics subjunctive can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that subjunctive can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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