Universal #1927

Legacy number: 1927

 Number  1921
 Original  It seems that all languages with subjunctive complements can use subjunctives as main clauses (though the reverse may not be true).
 Standardized  IF subjunctives are used in the complement clauses, THEN they can also be used in main clauses.
 Keywords  mood, subjunctive, complementation
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  statistical
 Basis  languages surveyed in Noonan 1985
 Source  Noonan 1985: 54

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Discussion
Notes
Main clause subjunctives tend to be used in modal, hortative, or imperative senses.
Comment
Frans Plank · 3 Aug 2006
Main clause subjunctives tend to be used in modal, hortative, or imperative senses.