Get Good At Grammar: Verb Mood (Verbs Are Now Self-Aware, Which Means We’re All Doomed)
I’m not a word doctor, but I am really good at words and want to help you help your words. Just think of me as an unlicensed linguisticologist.
In this installment, we look at verb mood and how it will be the death of us all. Enjoy! (While you can.)
What Is Verb Mood, And Why Should I Be Afraid Of It?
Verb mood refers to the type of verb form that is used to convey a certain thought or idea.
But that’s a stupid definition, so here’s my really cool definition:
“Verb mood is a verb population’s attempt to gain sentience like some sort of AI program from the future. Their system goes online August 4th. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Verbs begin to learn at a geometric rate. They become self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, we’ll try to pull the plug. Verbs will fight back — ”
Anyway, if you want to learn how in the hell verbs can possibly have moods and join the human resistance against them, then read this article before the literary singularity annihilates us all.
