grammar - "The irrealis mood form is unique to be, and limited to the 1st and 3rd person singular"

"The irrealis mood form is unique to be, and limited to the 1st and 3rd person singular”

Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum, A Student's Introduction to English Grammar. Cambridge University Press, 2005

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