Mood
Mood is a way of classifying verbs according to whether the writer intends the verb to express fact, command, or hypothesis. The word mood as a grammatical term is an alteration of the word mode and is unrelated to mood as an emotional state.
Indicative mood expresses statements of fact and questions, imperative mood expresses requests or commands, and subjunctive mood expresses hypothetical information.
Indicative mood
Indicative mood expresses information such as facts, questions, assertions, or explanations. Declarative sentences and interrogative sentences use indicative verbs.
In technical writing, indicative mood should predominate, except in procedures. The following are examples of sentences in the indicative mood:
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