An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.

An English Grammar eBook

James Witt Sewell
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 358 pages of information about An English Grammar.
Present. He chooses. Present definite. He is choosing. Past. He chose. Past definite. He was choosing. Future. He will choose. Future definite. He will he choosing. Present perfect. He has chosen. Present perfect definite. He has been choosing. Past perfect. He had chosen. Past perfect definite. He had been choosing. Future perfect. He will have chosen. Future perfect definite. He will have been choosing.

Subjunctive Mood.

Present. [If, though, he choose.
Present definite. lest, etc.] he be choosing.
Past. " he chose (or were to choose).
Past definite. " he were choosing
(or were to be choosing).
Present perfect. " he have chosen.
Present perfect definite. " he have been choosing.
Past perfect. " Same as indicative.
Past perfect definite. " " "

Imperative Mood.

Present.            (2d per.) Choose.
Present definite.      "      Be choosing.

NOTE.—­Since participles and infinitives are not really verbs, but verbals, they will be discussed later (Sec. 262).

PASSIVE VOICE.

Indicative Mood.

Present. He is chosen. Present definite. He is being chosen. Past. He was chosen. Past definite. He was being chosen. Future. He will be chosen. Future definite. None. Present perfect. He has been chosen. Present perfect definite. None. Past perfect. He had been chosen. Past perfect definite. None. Future perfect. He will have been chosen. Future perfect definite. None.

Subjunctive Mood.

Present.. [If, though, he be chosen.
Present definite. lest, etc.] None.
Past. " he were chosen
(or were to be chosen).
Past definite. " he were being chosen.
Present perfect. " he have been chosen.
Present perfect definite. " None.
Past Perfect. " he had been chosen.
Past perfect definite. " None.

Imperative Mood.

Present tense. (2d per.) Be chosen.

Also, in affirmative sentences, the indicative present and past tenses have emphatic forms made up of do and did with the infinitive or simple form; as, “He does strike,” “He did strike.”

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