The assumptive mood (
abbreviated
An abbreviation (from Latin ''brevis'', meaning ''short'') is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word ''abbrevia ...
) is an
epistemic grammatical mood found in some languages, which indicates that the statement is assumed to be true, because it ''usually'' is under similar circumstances, although there may not be any specific evidence that it is true in this particular case. An
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
example (although assumptive mood is not specially marked in English), would be, "That must be my mother. (She always comes at this time.)"
Another example in English, using a different
modal verb
A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a ''likelihood'', ''ability'', ''permission'', ''request'', ''capacity'', ''suggestion'', ''order'', ''obligation'', or ''advice''. Modal verbs generally accompany the b ...
, would be, "He should be a good worker. (He has 15 years of prior experience.)"
References
Grammatical moods
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