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{{a|plainenglish|{{image|Subjunctive|png|“''The kind of life I would lead were I not the man I am, and have led the life I have in fact led, but were a man I am not, and led a life I did not''” {{vsr|1847}}}}}}{{d|Subjunctive|/səbˈdʒʌŋ(k)tɪv/|adj}}
{{a|plainenglish|{{image|Subjunctive|png|“''The kind of life I would lead were I not the man I am, and have led the life I have in fact led, but were a man I am not, and led a life I did not''” {{vsr|1847}}}}}}{{d|Subjunctive|/səbˈdʒʌŋ(k)tɪv/|adj}}
An adjective denoting a mood expressing what one imagines, wishes or believes conceptually possible, but is not in fact ''so''. In grammar, the corresponding verbal mode. This uses ''were'' instead of ''was''.
An adjective denoting a mood expressing what one imagines, wishes or believes conceptually possible, but is not in fact ''so''. In grammar, the corresponding verbal mode. This uses ''were'' instead of ''was''.