For what are the auxiliaries do and did used? They are used to express the verb with emphasis, or with greater force. Ex.-"I do assure you, I shall be here in time." "He did say so. What do can and could imply? Power or ability. Ex.-"I can lift the stone." "I can learn the lesson." consent." What do have and had imply, and for what are they used? "I could not give my They imply possession, and are used to express the act or state as finished or ended at the time referred to. Ex.-"I have gathered the plums which the wind had blown down." What meaning is conveyed by may and might? Permission, possibility, or probability; sometimes reasonableness. Ex.-"You may go to play." "But remember the horse may die." "It may rain this evening." "But the question might be asked, whether the tax is legal." What do must, shall, and should denote? Duty or injunction: but shall, more frequently compulsion; and must, generally necessity. Ex. "We should care for others' feelings." "Thou shalt not swear." "You must not look for me before next week." Pupils must obey." "Naughty boy! you shall be punished." What do will and would denote? Willingness, adaptation, or tendency. Ex.-"He would pay if he could." "This will do." "Weeds will grow where there is no cultivation." "Roses will fade." For what purpose are all the auxiliaries more or less used? To express the verb interrogatively. For this purpose, they are placed before the nominative. Ex. "You are wounded." "Are You wounded?" "Does HE know you?" CONJUGATION AND SYNOPSIS. What is it, to conjugate a verb? To conjugate a verb is to show, in a regular way, how some or all of its parts are correctly expressed. Ex.-Be and write in the present tense, indicative mood. Conjugation probably signified, in old times, the joining of various endings and prefixes to the chief parts of verbs, called the roots; but, with us, the word rather signifies the joining of the various forms to their different nominatives. What is it, to give the synopsis of a verb? To give the synopsis of a verb, is to express it correctly, in a single person and number, or in a particular form, through some or all of its moods and tenses. Ex.-Synopsis of write, with I, through the indicative mood: Present, I write; past, I wrote; future, I shall or will write; perfect, I have written; pluperfect, I had written; future-perfect, I shall or will have written. The word synopsis means a look at the whole; and as we are apt to see only the chief or most striking parts, by looking at all at once, the word has come to signify the chief parts or the outline of the whole of a thing. CONJUGATION EXEMPLIFIED. * and I have here presented to you the very irregular verb be, the regular verb move, the irregular verb take, in all the forms in which they can be expressed. Like them, or by their means, may all other verbs be expressed in all their forms; and for I, you, he, she, it, we, you, and they, can be used any other nominatives having the same person and number, that is, all nominatives whatsoever; so that the following conjugation is suffieient to teach all the correct forms of all the verbs, for all the propositions that have been spoken or written, and all that can be spoken or written, in the English language. Recite the following_paradigm, across the page; and the synopsis with thou, down the page. C. stands for Common Form; E., for Emphatic; Pr., for Progressive; and P., for Passive. Observe that the verb, like the nouns and pronouns in their declension, remains sometimes unchanged, is sometimes partly changed, and is sometimes wholly changed, to express its different properties; and that it sometimes calls in the help of the auxiliary verbs. Since love can not be used in the progressive form, and is objectionable also for other reasons, move has been preferred. It is very difficult to find a suitable verb. The next best that occur to me, are row, call, tend, aid, rule. C. moved, moved, been; moved; been, moved, been, been. been moved; Pr. been moving, been moving, been moving; been moving, P. been moved, been moved, been moving, been moving. been moved, been moved, been moved. C. moved, IF YOU IF HE, SHE, or IT, IF wr Pr. been moving, been moving, been moving; been moving, C. taken, Pr. been taking, been moving, been moving. been moved," been moved. been taking, been taking; been taking, been taking. been taken, been taken; been taken, been taken," been taken. "Were I," "Had I been," "Be it ever so fine, I would not buy it;" ,""" If I had been," "Though it be ever so fine, I would not buy it." say We can also "If I were,' for, Plural. 2. 3. IF YOU IF THEY had been, moved, been; been, moved, been, moved, been. moved. 1. |