The Elements of English GrammarUniversity Press, 1897 - 288 pages |
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Page 139
... 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 140
... 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 141
... 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 142
... 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 158
... 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 158 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 158 ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR .
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action Adjuncts adverb alphabet antecedent applied apposition assertion auxiliary verbs Britons called CHAPTER complete Complex Sentence compound conjugation conjunction consonants construction dative denote derivation diphthongal distinction employed ending English Grammar English language English origin equivalent Etymology examples express feminine following sentences following words French gender genitive German Gerund Give Greek horse illustrate Imperative Mood Indefinite indicative Indirect Object infinitive mood inflexion Intransitive Keltic language Latin words letters limiting mark meaning modern English neuter Norman noun or pronoun noun-clause occur Old English Parse passive Past Participle Past Tense person phrase Pleonasm plural possessive Predicate preposition present principal clause pronunciation relation relative pronoun represented Roman sentence contains signifies Sing singular sometimes sonant speak speech stands Strong Verbs subjunctive mood subordinate clause suffix superlative surd syllable Syntax Teutonic thou tive town transitive verb voice vowel vowel sounds Weak Verbs write written