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What are counterfactual conditionals also known as?
What are counterfactual conditionals also known as?
- Material conditionals
- Possible world approach
- Indicatives
- X-marked (correct)
What do counterfactuals discuss?
What do counterfactuals discuss?
- Current circumstances
- What would have been true under different circumstances (correct)
- Real tense morphology
- Open possibilities
What are counterfactuals contrasted with?
What are counterfactuals contrasted with?
- Material conditionals
- Indicatives (correct)
- Possible world approach
- X-marked
What is the grammatical characteristic of counterfactuals?
What is the grammatical characteristic of counterfactuals?
What approach was developed in the 1960s to handle counterfactuals?
What approach was developed in the 1960s to handle counterfactuals?
Which field did not study counterfactuals?
Which field did not study counterfactuals?
What is the problem with the material conditional analysis of conditionals?
What is the problem with the material conditional analysis of conditionals?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of counterfactuals?
Which of the following is not a characteristic of counterfactuals?
What is the possible world approach related to?
What is the possible world approach related to?
What is not used in combination with fake tense morphology in some languages?
What is not used in combination with fake tense morphology in some languages?
What does English grammar consist of?
What does English grammar consist of?
Which of the following best describes the present-day Standard English?
Which of the following best describes the present-day Standard English?
Where do divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?
Where do divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?
What has Modern English largely abandoned?
What has Modern English largely abandoned?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in English?
Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in English?
What is the term often used in English to refer specifically to the gerund?
What is the term often used in English to refer specifically to the gerund?
What does a gerund in English have the properties of?
What does a gerund in English have the properties of?
In traditional grammar, what distinction is made within '-ing' forms?
In traditional grammar, what distinction is made within '-ing' forms?
In what contexts does the Latin gerund denote the sense of the verb in isolation?
In what contexts does the Latin gerund denote the sense of the verb in isolation?
What is rarely combined with the Latin gerund?
What is rarely combined with the Latin gerund?
