Conditional sentence with a subjunctive form in the opening clause (e.g. If I were hungry, I would eat something) whose closing clause would be true if the opening clause were true. Counterfactual sentences play an important role with regard to...

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A counterfactual conditional, subjunctive conditional, or remote conditional, is a conditional (or "if-then") statement indicating what would be the case if its antecedent were true. This is to be contrasted with an indicative conditional, which...