The deductive mood is an
epistemic
Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics.
Episte ...
grammatical mood
In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used for signaling modality. That is, it is the use of verbal inflections that allow speakers to express their attitude toward what they are saying (for example, a statement of ...
that indicates that the truth of the statement was deduced from other information, rather than being directly known.
In English, deductive mood is often indicated by the word
must
Must (from the Latin ''vinum mustum'', "young wine") is freshly crushed fruit juice (usually grape juice) that contains the skins, seeds, and stems of the fruit. The solid portion of the must is called pomace and typically makes up 7–23% of t ...
, which is also used for many other purposes. By contrast, some other languages have special words or verb affixes to indicate deductive mood specifically.
:An example in
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 ...
:
:I can smell gas in the house! Someone must have left the stove on!
:(deductive indicated by must)
References
Grammatical moods
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