Samuel R. Delany

subjunctivity n.	1969 S. R. Delany About Five Thousand One Hundred and Seventy Five Words in Extrapolation (May) 61 Subjunctivity is the tension on the thread of meaning that runs between word and object. Suppose a series of words is presented to us as a piece of reportage. A blanket indicative tension informs the whole series: This happened. That is the particular level of subjunctivity at which journalism takes place.