Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 21 AIL 2030 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Conditional and the Subjunctive
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The idea
The published answer keeps both: in that case preserves the conditional from line one, and even if his foot stood preserves the subjunctive. An option dropping either has changed what the line claims, and literary judgment cannot recover it.
In practice
The conditional and the mood, both kept.
Where people slip
Dropping either changes the claim.
Your place on the trail
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