the subjunctive
noun
grammar
: the form that a verb or sentence has when it is expressing a suggestion, wish, uncertainty, possibility, etc.
"I wish it were not so" is in the subjunctive.
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“The subjunctive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20subjunctive. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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