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2. Have thou, or do thou have 2 Have ye, or do ye or you have

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1 I might, could, would, or should have

Plural.

1 We might, could, would, or should have

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 Ye or you might, could, wouldst, or shouldst have

would, or should have

8 He might, could, would, 3 They might, could, would, or should have

Singular.

or should have

Perfect Tense.

1 I may or can have had

2 Thou mayst or canst have had

8 He may or can have had

Plural.

2 Ye or you may or can have 1 We may or can have had had

8 They may or can have had

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1 I might, could, would, or should have had

Plural.

1 We might, could, would, or
should have had

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 Ye or you might,
I wouldst, or shouldst have
had

8 He might, could, would,
or should have had

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could,

would, or should have had

3 They might, could, would, or should have had

Subjunctive Mode.

2 If thou hadst had

3 If he had had

Singular.

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First Future Tense.

1 If I shall or will have
2 If thou shalt or wilt have

3 If he shall or will have

Singular.

Plural.

1 If we shall or will have
2 If ye or you shall or will
have

3 If they shall or will have

Second Future Tense.

1 If I shall have had
2 If thou shalt have had
3 If he shall have had

Plural.

1 If we shall have had

2 If ye or you shall have had 3 If they shall have had

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What is the conjugation of a verb?-You will now conjugate the verb have, through all its modes, tenses, numbers, and persons, beginning with the Indicative mode, present tense, first person singular.-In what mode and tense, number and person is We had?In what is He has had?-In what is I will have?-In what is have ye?--In what mode, tense, number, and person, is each of the following_expressions: He may have; You cas have; I might have; They should have; We may have had; Thou couldst have had; If he have; If we had; To have had?-What kind of participle is having had ?--What kind of verb is have?

REVIEW.

Hath is now used only in poetry, and on very serious subjects. Thou, thee and ye are becoming obsolete.

All the tenses which are formed by the help of auxiliary verbs are called compound tenses; the others are simple tenses.

Shall and will, as they generally signify futurity, have been appropriated to the formation of the future tenses. But when they denote inclination, resolution, promise, &c. as they often do, they may be considered as belonging to the potential mode; as, "Will you give me that He shall obey me.".

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It will be seen that the tenses of the subjunctive mode, only as they have a conjunction prefixed, are similar to those of the indicative, except the present, and the second future. In many cases, the subjunctive mode retains the personal terminations of the indicative, in the second and third persons singular; as, "If I have, if thou hast, if he has; if I am, if thou art, if he is; if I love, if thou lovest, if he loves, &c. In these cases, the verb, although it has the subjunctive form, is really in the indicative mode. The following rule will determine when the verb is to assume the subjunctive form, and when the indicative: When it assumes the subjunctive form, it always has a future signification, or has some reference to future time; but in the indicative form, its signification is present.

Questions on the Review.

What are called compound tenses, and what simple? -When may shall and will be considered in the potential mode? When does the subjunctive mode assume the proper subjunctive terminations, and when the indicative?

LESSON XIV.

THE auxiliary and neuter verb to be, is conjugated as follows:

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2 Be thou, or do thou be *2 Be ye or you, or do ye be

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