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84 ENGLISH GRAMMAR.<br />

Singular.<br />

l. If* I be.<br />

2. If thou bE'.<br />

3. If he be.<br />

SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD (487).<br />

PRESE:-:T TENSE.<br />

PAST TENSE.<br />

Plural.<br />

1. If we be.<br />

2. If you be.<br />

3. If they be.<br />

1. If I were.<br />

1. If we were.<br />

2. If thou wert, VI' were. 2. If you were.<br />

3. If he were.<br />

3. If they were.<br />

Singular.<br />

1. Be, or be thou.<br />

PRESENT TENSE.<br />

To be.<br />

11IlPERATIVE MOOD.<br />

I~FIXITIVE MOOD.<br />

PARTICIPLES.<br />

Plural.<br />

2. Be, or be ye or you.<br />

PERFECT TENSE.<br />

To have been.<br />

PRESE:\T, Being. PAST, Been. PERFECT, Having been.<br />

487. All the tenses of the indicative, and also of the potential mood<br />

are used subjunctively, by placing the conjunction before them, thus:<br />

Present-" If I am," "If thou art," "If he is," &c. (386). Present-perfect<br />

-" If I have been," &c. Past-" If I was," &c.<br />

488. The verb to be, followed by an infinitive, forms a particular future<br />

tense, which often expresses duty, necessity. or purpose; as, "Government<br />

is to be supported" -" Weare to pay our debts "-" If we l

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