Grammatical category referring to that part of sentential modality which is structurally encoded, for example, by verbal mood, such as indicative or imperative, and by word order. Sentential modality, in turn, is the communicative role played by a...

Semantically defined subordinate clause functioning as an adverbial modifier which indicates the condition on which the action in the main clause is contingent. They are normally introduced by such conjunctions as if, in case, in as far as: If it rains...

n. A type of adverbial clause which expresses a condition upon whose fulfilment the proposition expressed in the main clause depends. Conditional clauses in English are usually marked by the subordinator if. An example is the first clause in If it...

The conditional mood is the form of the verb used in conditional sentences to refer to a hypothetical state of affairs, or an uncertain event that is contingent on another set of circumstances. The conditional mood is thus similar to the subjunctive...