This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... veyed the idea of it under four different aspects, or manners." These different aspects, or manners, are called Moods, from the Latin word modus--a manner. In many languages the moods have particular signs, just like the tenses. In English the distinction between the moods is very slight. 216. In the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 edition. Excerpt: ... veyed the idea of it under four different aspects, or manners." These different aspects, or manners, are called Moods, from the Latin word modus--a manner. In many languages the moods have particular signs, just like the tenses. In English the distinction between the moods is very slight. 216. In the sentence John walks, the word walk is in the Indicative Mood. It indicates the fact of John's walking. In the command John! walk! the word walk is in the Imperative Mood. The word Imperative is derived from the Latin word imperoI command. In the sentence if John walk fast, he will fatigue himself, the word walk is in the Conjunctive Mood. In this case there is generally conjoined to the verb some word like if, although, &c. From this fact the mood is called Conjunctive; from the Latin word conjungo=I conjoin, or join together. In the sentence John begins to walk, the verb walk is subordinate to the word begins. It merely states what the action is that John begins to perform (viz. the action of walking). This it does and nothing more. It does not fix or define the manner of the action. It does not determine whether it really takes place, .or will take place under certain conditions. All this is done by the other verb (begins). This mood defines nothing, and is therefore called the Infinitive Mood. 217. We now inquire how far the different (1.) Persons, (2.) Numbers, (8.) Tenses, and (4.) Moods are expressed by corresponding signs. 07 PERSON. 218. Sign of the First Person Singular.--Found in one verb only. In the word am (a-m) the m is no part of the original word. It is the sign of the First Person Singular Present Indicative. Beyond this, no word in English has in any mood, tense, or number, any form of termination for the..."
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