Enchanted  +  856241 Mon, 10 Aug 09 11:49 PM A is talking to B with a topic that has nothing to with meteor or earth, they'are talking about demonstration. suddenly, A said, A: Do you take it seriously if someone tells you that a meteor is going to destroy the earth. I think  subjective mood is more suitable here. I am wondering what the difference here, if he used subjective mood? Why does he use general form of if? thanks, Ench Enchanted Speaking, Chat, Friendships

	Best answer by CalifJim  +  856267 Tue, 11 Aug 09 12:07 AM I think you mean subjunctive, not subjective. I think you are saying that you prefer this: Would you take it seriously if someone told you that a meteor was going to destroy the earth? That is, in fact, the more expected form.  The present tense is used here to make the discussion move lively, perhaps. CJ CalifJim

	Enchanted  +  856297 Tue, 11 Aug 09 12:27 AM Jim, thanks, you are right. it was Subjunctive mood. When you say more lively, what does it exactly mean? Some context: they had been kind of desperate of the situations. and they needed a change, an enormous change of the situations. So he is using it figuratively. Ench. Enchanted Subjunctives, Context

	CalifJim  +  856505 Tue, 11 Aug 09 03:47 AM Enchanted “When you say more lively, what does it exactly mean?” More as if you were really there.  More as if it were something really important.  More as if it were a question that needed to be answered immediately.  Stylistically more exciting. CJ CalifJim