The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1901 - 304 pages |
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Page 145
... Subjunctive Mood contains the forms used to represent actions or states conceived as possible or contingent , but not asserted as facts . ( iv ) The Infinitive Mood is the form which denotes actions or states without reference to person ...
... Subjunctive Mood contains the forms used to represent actions or states conceived as possible or contingent , but not asserted as facts . ( iv ) The Infinitive Mood is the form which denotes actions or states without reference to person ...
Page 146
... subjunctive as compared with the indicative . Now as the 2nd person singular is used to - day exclusively in the language of prayer and of poetry , the difference of form between the indicative and the subjunctive mood can be detected ...
... subjunctive as compared with the indicative . Now as the 2nd person singular is used to - day exclusively in the language of prayer and of poetry , the difference of form between the indicative and the subjunctive mood can be detected ...
Page 147
... Subjunctive of the verb to be , especially in its 1st person singular . A speaker who employed the Present Subjunctive of to be , and said , quite correctly , ' If I be there , I shall see him , ' would be supposed by many people of ...
... Subjunctive of the verb to be , especially in its 1st person singular . A speaker who employed the Present Subjunctive of to be , and said , quite correctly , ' If I be there , I shall see him , ' would be supposed by many people of ...
Page 148
... subjunctive or indicative in a certain context , the answer will be suggested , if we substitute for the tense - form in question an equivalent expression compounded with the verb to be , as the verb to be marks the difference between ...
... subjunctive or indicative in a certain context , the answer will be suggested , if we substitute for the tense - form in question an equivalent expression compounded with the verb to be , as the verb to be marks the difference between ...
Page 164
... Past Tense and Past Participle . Take as the Weak verb want , and as the Strong verb break ' . 1 Low's English Language , pp . 129 , 148 . Verb Finite . PRESENT . INDICATIVE . SUBJUNCTIVE . Sing 164 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
... Past Tense and Past Participle . Take as the Weak verb want , and as the Strong verb break ' . 1 Low's English Language , pp . 129 , 148 . Verb Finite . PRESENT . INDICATIVE . SUBJUNCTIVE . Sing 164 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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