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The past subjunctive is used within conditional clauses to express counterfactual meaning
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Evidence across psycholinguistic and linguistic literature consistently supports the use of the past subjunctive in conditional clauses to express counterfactual meaning.

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Processing counterfactual and hypothetical conditionals: an fMRI investigation.
2013 · cited by 29
The study examines subjunctive conditionals that explicitly contradict known facts to convey counterfactual meanings.
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The retrieved papers frequently discuss and analyze subjunctive conditional clauses (e.g., 'if he had studied') as expressing counterfactual meanings (suppositions contrary to known facts). None of the papers refute this foundational linguistic and cognitive principle.

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Understanding Counterfactuality: A Review of Experimental Evidence for the Dual Meaning of Counterfactuals.
2016 · cited by 11
Subjunctive-counterfactual conditionals are recognized as expressing a supposition while implying the factual state of affairs.
Causal conditionals and counterfactuals.
2012 · cited by 9
Paraphrasing causal counterfactuals relies on subjunctive constructions such as "had... would have."
Possibilities and the parallel meanings of factual and counterfactual conditionals.
2020 · cited by 4
The research investigates subjunctive conditionals and notes their counterfactual interpretation when context indicates the event will not occur.
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judged → SUPPORTED · 8404 Aug 2026
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