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tion as yet to come, either with or without respect to the precise time when; as, "The sun will rise to-morrow;" "I shall see them again."

The Second Future intimates that the action will be fully accomplished, at or before the time of another future action or event; as, "I shall have dined at one o'clock;" "The two houses will have finished their business, when the king comes to prorogue them."

The Conjugation of a verb is the regular combination and arrangement of its several numbers, persons, moods, and tenses.

The conjugation of an active verb is sty led the ACTIVE VOICE; and that of a passive verb the PASSIVE VOICE.

The auxiliary and active verb To have, is conjugated in the following manner :

Singular.

1 Pers. I have

TO HAVE.

INDICATIVE MOOD.
Present Tense.

2 Pers. Tou hast

Plural.

1 We have

2 Ye or you have

3 Pers. He, she, or it hath 3 They have

or has

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*The verbs, though conjugated at large through all their tenses, that the learners may, by a full and regular display

Singular.

1 I have had

2 Thou hast had 3 He has had

Singular.

1 I had had

2 Thou hadst had

3 He had had

Singular.

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1 I shall or will have
2 Thou shalt or wilt have
3 He shall or will have

Singular.

I I shall have had

Plural.

1 We shall or will have
2 Ye or you shall or will have
3 They shall orwill have

Second Future Tense.

2 Thou wilt have had

3 He will have had

Singular.

1 Let me have

Plural.

1 We shall have had
2 Ye or you will have had
3 They will have had

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

Plural.

1 Let us have

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

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of them, more completely understand their nature and use, need not be wholly committed to memory, by young persons who are beginning the study of grammar. If the simple tenses, namely, the present and the imperfect, together with the first future tense, should, in the first instance, be committed to memory, and the rest carefully perused and explained, the business will not be tedious to the scholars, and their progress will be rendered more obvious and pleasing. The gen eral view of this subject, thus acquired and impressed, may be afterwards extended with ease and advantage.

Singular.

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1 I might, could, would or 1 We might, could, would or

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Singular.

should have

Ye or you might, could, would or should have They might, could, would or should have

Perfect Tense.

Plural.

1 Iny or can have had 1 We may or can have had 2 To mayst or canst have 2 Ye or you may or can have

had

had

3 He may or can have had 3 They may or can have had Pluperfect Tense.

Singular.

Plural.

1 I might, could, would, or 1 We might, could, would, or

should have had

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2

wouldst or shouldst have

had

should have had

Ye or you might, could, would, or should have had

3 He night, could, would, or 3 They might, could, would

should have had

Singular.

1 If I nave

2 If thou trave 3 If he have

or should have had

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.

Present Tense.

Piural.

1 If we have

2 If ye or you have
3 If they have*

INFINITIVE MOOD.

Present To have.

Perfect To have had.

*The remaining tenses of the subjunctive mood, are, in general, similar to the correspondent tenses of the indicative mood; with the addition to the verb of a conjunction, expressed or implied, denoting a condition, motive, wish, supposition, &c. It will be proper to direct the learner to repeat all the tenses of this mocd, with a conjunction prefixed to each of them. For the propriety of conjugating the Bubjunctive mood in this manner, see the larger grammar 14th, or any subsequent edition, pages 90, 102, 103, and the notes on the nineteenth rule of Syntax.

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The auxiliary and neuter verb To be, is conjugated as follows:

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1 I shall or will be
2 Thou shalt or wilt be
3 He shall or will be

Singular.

Plural.

1 We shall or will be
2 Ye or you shall or will be
3 They shall or will be

Second Future Tense.

1 I shall have been
2 Theu wil: ave been
3 He will have been

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Singular. 1 Let me be

IMPERATIVE MOOD.

2 Be thou or do thou be 3 Let him be

Plural.

1 Let us be

2 Be ye or you, or do ye be
3 Let them be

POTENTIAL MOOD.
Present Tense.

Singular. 1 I may or can be

2 Thou mayst or canst be 3 He may or can be

Singular.

Plural.

1 We may or can be
2 Ye or you may or can be
3 They may or can be

Imperfect Tense.

1 I might, could, would, or 1

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Plural.

We might, could, would, or
should be

Ye or you might, could,
would, or should be
They might, could, would,
or should be

Tense.

Plural.

We may or can have been
Ye or you may or can have

been

3 He may or can have been 3 They may or can have

Singular.

been

Pluperfect Tense.

1 I might, could, would, or 1

should have been

2 Thou mightst, couldst, 2 wouldst, or shouldst have

been

Plural,

We might, could, would,or should have been

Ye or you might, could, would, or should have been

3 He might, could, would, or 3 They might, could, would,

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