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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}}}}}}If I were to have been writing an article about [[subjunctive]]s, what would you say?
+{{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}}
+relating to or denoting a mood expressing what is imagined, wished or possible, but is not in fact ''so''.
+If I were to have been writing an article about [[subjunctive]]s, what would you say?
 The definition of [[passive progressive]]: someone who says:
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 ''Furthermore the issuer covenants that, for so long as this Agreement is in [[full force and effect]] it will do nothing to breach the aforementioned [[representation]]s regarding the status it has under EU [[EMIR]] and the status it would have under UK [[EMIR]] were it actually to be subject to UK [[EMIR]], which it is, for the time being, not.}}
-If you can summon the mental fortitude it is always worth fighting this kind of drafting.
+If you can summon the mental fortitude it is always worth fighting this kind of drafting, especially since it presents an opportunity to use the word “subjunctive”
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