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The Mood Alternation as a Means of Implementing the Speaker’s Communicative Intentions

Table 1: Factors determining the use of the indicative in a subordinate clause

Grammar reference books Factors determining the use of the indicative
Le Bon Usage, 14-me édition To emphasize the reality of the action or to express time connotations that are absent in the subjunctive.
Grammaire Larousse du XXe siècle If the utterance is a statement of the fact that is opposite to the meaning of the clause.
Grammaire méthodique du français If the speaker represents the action as more probable or proves its reality contrary to the third person’s opinion.
Grammaire progressive du français, niveau perfectionnement To express future.
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