Second Clause of Note IX.—­The Subjunctive Imperfect.[540]

“And so would I, if I were he.”—­Inst., p. 191.  “If I were a Greek, I should resist Turkish despotism.”—­Cardell cor. “If he were to go, he would attend to your business.”—­Id. “If thou felt as I do, we should soon decide.”—­Inst., p. 280.  “Though thou shed thy blood in the cause, it would but prove thee sincerely a fool.”—­Ib. “If thou loved him, there would be more evidence of it.”—­Ib. “If thou convinced him, he would not act accordingly.”—­Murray cor. “If there were no liberty, there would be no real crime.”—­Formey cor. “If the house were burnt down, the case would be the same.”—­Foster cor. “As if the mind were not always in action, when it prefers any thing.”—­West cor. “Suppose I were to say, ‘Light is a body.’”—­Harris cor. “If either oxygen or azote were omitted, life would be destroyed.”—­Gurney cor. “The verb dare is sometimes used as if it were an auxiliary.”—­Priestley cor. “A certain lady, whom I could name, if it were necessary.”—­Spect. cor. “If the e were dropped, c and g would assume their hard sounds.”—­Buchanan cor. “He would no more comprehend it, than if it were the speech of a Hottentot.”—­Neef cor. “If thou knew the gift of God,” &c.—­Bible cor. “I wish I were at home.”—­O.  B. Peirce cor. “Fact alone does not constitute right:  if it did, general warrants were lawful.”—­Junius cor. “Thou lookst upon thy boy, as though thou guessed it.”—­Putnam, Cobb, or Knowles, cor. “He fought as if he contended for life.”—­Hiley cor. “He fought as if he were contending for his life.”—­Id.

“The dewdrop glistens on thy leaf, As if thou shed for me a tear; As if thou knew my tale of grief, Felt all my sufferings severe.”—­Letham cor.

Last Clause of Note IX.—­The Indicative Mood.

“If he knows the way, he does not need a guide.”—­Inst., p. 191.  “And if there is no difference, one of them must be superfluous, and ought to be rejected.”—­Murray cor. “I cannot say that I admire this construction though it is much used.”—­Priestley cor. “We are disappointed, if the verb does not immediately follow it.”—­Id. “If it was they, that acted so ungratefully, they are doubly in fault.”—­Murray cor. “If art becomes apparent, it disgusts the reader.”—­Jamieson cor. “Though perspicuity is more properly a rhetorical than a grammatical quality, I thought it better to include it in this book.”—­Campbell cor. “Although the efficient cause is obscure, the final cause of those sensations lies