20 Questions
What are counterfactual conditionals also known as?
X-marked
What do counterfactuals discuss?
What would have been true under different circumstances
What are counterfactuals contrasted with?
Indicatives
What is the grammatical characteristic of counterfactuals?
Use of fake tense morphology
What approach was developed in the 1960s to handle counterfactuals?
Possible world approach
Which field did not study counterfactuals?
Quantum physics
What is the problem with the material conditional analysis of conditionals?
It treats all conditionals as trivially true
Which of the following is not a characteristic of counterfactuals?
They are generally restricted to discussing open possibilities
What is the possible world approach related to?
Counterfactuals
What is not used in combination with fake tense morphology in some languages?
Indicatives
What does English grammar consist of?
Structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts
Which of the following best describes the present-day Standard English?
A form of speech and writing used in public discourse
Where do divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?
In some historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English
What has Modern English largely abandoned?
The inflectional case system of Indo-European
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in English?
Personal pronouns
What is the term often used in English to refer specifically to the gerund?
-ing form
What does a gerund in English have the properties of?
Verb and noun
In traditional grammar, what distinction is made within '-ing' forms?
Between present participles and gerunds
In what contexts does the Latin gerund denote the sense of the verb in isolation?
After certain prepositions
What is rarely combined with the Latin gerund?
Dependent sentence elements such as object
Test your knowledge on counterfactual conditionals and improve your understanding of subjunctive and X-marked sentences. This quiz will cover the grammatical characteristics and usage of counterfactual conditionals in English.
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