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However, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un subsequently increased his nation’s military readiness, declared frontline areas to be in a "quasi-state of war," and set a 48-hour deadline for military action unless South Korea capitulated to the North's demands. (Voice of America website.)
Why is the verb "capitulated" used in the simple past in the above sentence as an eventual capitulation may occur in the future? Does that verb have a hypothetical meaning here and is used in a sort of conditional type 2 construction?
Thank you.
Why is the verb "capitulated" used in the simple past in the above sentence as an eventual capitulation may occur in the future? Does that verb have a hypothetical meaning here and is used in a sort of conditional type 2 construction?
Thank you.