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First Fut. T. _Sing_, I shall _or_ will be, thou shalt _or_ wilt be, he shall _or_ will be. _Plur_. We shall _or_ will be, you shall _or_ will be, they shall _or_ will be. Second Fut. T. _Sing_. I shall have been, thou wilt have been, he will have been. _Plur_. We shall have been, you will have been, they will have been. SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Pres. Tense. _Sing_. If I be, if thou be, if he be. _Plur_. If we be, if ye _or_ you be, if they be. Imperf. Tense. _Sing_. If I were, if thou wert, if he were. _Plur_. If we were, if ye _or_ you were, if they were. The neuter verb to _be_, and all passive verbs, have two forms in the imperfect tense of this mood, as well as in the present; therefore, the following rule may serve to direct you in the proper use of each form. When the sentence implies doubt, supposition, &c. and the neuter verb _be_, or the passive verb, is used with a reference to present or future time, and is either followed or preceded by another verb in the imperfect of the potential mood, the _conjunctive_ form of the imperfect tense must be employed; as, "_If_ he _were_ here, we _should_ rejoice together;" "She _might_ go, _were_ she so disposed." But when there is no reference to present or future time, and the verb is neither followed nor preceded by another in the potential imperfect, the _indicative_ form of the imperfect tense must be used; as, "_If_ he _was_ ill, he did not make it known;" "_Whether_ he _was_ absent or present, is a matter of no consequence." The general rule for using the conjunctive form of the verb, is presented on page 145. See, also, page 135. The perfect, pluperfect, and first future tenses of the subjunctive mood, are conjugated in a manner similar to the correspondent tenses of the indicative. The second future is conjugated thus: Second Fut. T. _Sing_. If I shall have been, if thou shalt have been, if he shall. &c _Plur_. If we shall have been, if you shall have been, if they, &c. IMPERATIVE MOOD. Pres. Tense. _Sing_. Be, _or_ be thou, _or_ do thou be. _Plur_. Be, _or_ be ye _or_ you, or do ye _or_ you be. POTENTIAL MOOD. Pres. Tense _Sing_. I may, can, _or_ must be, thou mayst, canst, _or_ must be, he may, can, _or_ must be. _Plur_. We may, can, _or_ must be, ye _or_ you may, can, _or_ must be, they may, can, _or_ must be. Imperf.
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