Mastering Counterfactual Conditionals

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What are counterfactual conditionals also known as?

Material conditionals

Possible world approach

Indicatives

X-marked (correct)

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?

Material conditionals

Indicatives (correct)

Possible world approach

X-marked

What is the grammatical characteristic of counterfactuals?

Use of fake tense morphology Signup and view all the answers

What approach was developed in the 1960s to handle counterfactuals?

Possible world approach Signup and view all the answers

Which field did not study counterfactuals?

Quantum physics Signup and view all the answers

What is the problem with the material conditional analysis of conditionals?

It treats all conditionals as trivially true Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is not a characteristic of counterfactuals?

They are generally restricted to discussing open possibilities Signup and view all the answers

What is the possible world approach related to?

Counterfactuals Signup and view all the answers

What is not used in combination with fake tense morphology in some languages?

Indicatives Signup and view all the answers

What does English grammar consist of?

Structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the present-day Standard English?

A form of speech and writing used in public discourse Signup and view all the answers

Where do divergences from the grammar described in the article occur?

In some historical, social, cultural, and regional varieties of English Signup and view all the answers

What has Modern English largely abandoned?

The inflectional case system of Indo-European Signup and view all the answers

Which word class retains morphological case more strongly in English?

Personal pronouns Signup and view all the answers

What is the term often used in English to refer specifically to the gerund?

-ing form Signup and view all the answers

What does a gerund in English have the properties of?

Verb and noun Signup and view all the answers

In traditional grammar, what distinction is made within '-ing' forms?

Between present participles and gerunds Signup and view all the answers

In what contexts does the Latin gerund denote the sense of the verb in isolation?

After certain prepositions Signup and view all the answers

What is rarely combined with the Latin gerund?

Dependent sentence elements such as object Signup and view all the answers