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Mood
The writer's attitude in a sentence is denoted by one of three moods.


  •  A command uses the  imperative mood: Get me a drink of water.
  •  A statement of fact, then the indicative mood is used: She got me a drink of water.
  • The subjunctive mood expresses wishes, recommendations, indirect requests and speculations:  If he were to get me a drink of water, I would be grateful.