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A time traveler is trying to warn a historical king without breaking the space-time continuum. Select ALL the sentences where the time traveler uses the formal subjunctive mood correctly.

The correct answers are If the neighboring kingdom were to attack tomorrow, your defenses would crumble. and Suppose your majesty were betrayed by a close friend; how would you react?

Let's break down the options:

  • Correct: "If... were to attack" is the standard formal subjunctive for a hypothetical future event.
  • Correct: "Suppose" functions as a conditional conjunction (just like "if") and correctly triggers the subjunctive "were" for the singular subject "your majesty."
  • Incorrect: "Were the new treaty to be signed..." is a great subjunctive clause, but the main clause uses "will end" (first conditional) instead of "would end" (second conditional).
  • Incorrect: "Was the royal advisor to resign..." uses "was" for inversion. Conditional inversion ONLY works with the subjunctive "were" (i.e., Were the royal advisor to resign).
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