alytical practical grammar - Toronto Public Library

ETYMOLOGY-VERB-CONJUGATION.
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1. The Common form expresses the simple existence of the fact; 8S,
" He speaks "-" She writes" -" They talk."
2. The Progressive form represents an action' as begun, and in progress,
but not completed. It is formed by annexing the, present participle
to the verb" to be," through all its moods and tenses; as, "I alii
writing," &c. (506).
475. Besides these, the~e is in the present and the past indicative, a
third form, called the Emphatic, used to express a fact with emphasis 01'
force. It is formed by prefixing to the verb the auxiliary do, in the present
tense, and did, in the past; as, "I do write "-" I did wl'ite:' The
other tenses, and also the progressive form and passiTe voice are rcn