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1. I shall have taken.

1. We shall have taken.

2. Thou wilt have taken (you will 2. Ye or you will have taken.

have taken).

3. He will have taken.

3. They will have taken.

Future Perfect Tense (Promissive).

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TWO FORMS OF THE SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.

278. The subjunctive mode of common verbs in the active has two forms in the present tense, one of which is given in the conjugation of the verb To take, and the other is the same as that of the indicative. The forms for the other tenses of that voice are the same as those for the indicative, with this difference in the futures, that the distinction between shall and will in the different persons of the verb which obtains in the indicative is not observed in the subjunctive mode. Thus we can say, If I shall take, if thou shalt take, if he shall thke; and with the other we can say, If I will take, if thou wilt take, if he will take. In the passive voice the subjunctive mode has two forms in the present and past tenses, one of which is given, and the other is the same as the indicative. The other tenses, with the exception of the futures, which are given, are the same as the indicative.

Singular

POTENTIAL MODE.
Present Tense.

1. I may, can, or must take.
2. Thou mayest, canst, or must take.
(You may, can, or must take.)
3. He may, can, or must take.

Plural.

1. We may, can, or must take.
2 Ye may, can, or must take.

You may, can, or must take. 3. They may, can, or must take.

Singular.

Past Tense.

Plural.

1. I might, could, would, or should 1. We might, could, would, or take.

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst take.

(You might, could, would, or

should take.)

3. He might, could, would, or should

take.

2.

3.

should take.

Ye might, could, would, or should take.

You might, could, would, or

should take.

They might, could, would, or should take.

Present Perfect Tense.

1. I may, can, or must have taken. {

1. We

may, can, or must have taken.

2. Thou mayest, canst, or must have 2. Ye may, can, or must have tak

(You may, can, or must have

taken.

taken.)

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3 He may, can, or must have tak- 3. They may, can, or must have

en.

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2. Thou art taken (you are taken). 2. Ye or you are taken.

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Singular.

1. I shall be taken.

Future Tense (Predictive).

2. Thou wilt be taken (you will be taken.)

3. He will be taken.

1. I will be taken.

Plural.

1. We shall be taken.

2. Ye or you will be taken.
3. They will be taken.

Future Tense (Promissive).

1. We will be taken.

2. Thou shalt be taken (you shall 2. Ye or you shall be taken.

be taken).

3. He shall be taken.

1. I have been taken.

3. They shall be taken.

Present Perfect Tense.

2. Thou hast been taken (you have been taken).

3. He has been taken.

1. I had been taken.

1. We have been taken.

2. Ye or you have been taken.
3. They have been taken.

Past Perfect Tense.

2. Thou hadst been taken (you had

been taken).

3. He had been taken.

1.. We had been taken.

2. Ye or you had been taken.

3. They had been taken.

Future Perfect Tense (Predictive).

1. I shall have been taken.

2. Thou wilt have been taken (you
will have been taken).
3. He will have been taken.

1. We shall have been taken.
2. Ye or you will have been taken
3. They will have been taken.

Future Perfect Tense (Promissive).

1. I will have been taken.

1. I will have been taken.

2. Thou shalt have been taken (you 2. Ye or you shall have been taken.

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Singular.

Future Perfect Tense.

Plural.

1. If I shall or will have been tak- 1. If we shall or will have been

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3. If they shall or will have been 3. If they shall or will have been taken. taken.

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3. He may, can, or must have been 3. They may, can, or must have been taken.

Past Perfect Tense.

1. I might, could, would, or should have been taken.

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst have been taken. (You might, could, would, or should have been taken. 3. He might, could, would, or should have been taken.

Present, To be taken.

taken.

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INFINITIVE MODE.

Present Perfect, To have been taken.

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§ 279. The PROGRESSIVE FORM of the verb is employed to denote an unfinished action or state with definite time, as the common form is employed for indefinite time. It is composed of the present participle and some of the forms of the verb to be, and, in the potential, of certain auxiliary verbs.

INDICATIVE MODE.

Present Tense, I am taking, thou art taking, &c.
Past Tense, I was taking, thou wast taking, &c.
Future, I shall be taking, thou wilt be taking, &c.

Present Perfect, I have been taking, thou hast been taking, &c.
Past Perfect, I had been taking, thou hadst been taking, &c.
Future Perfect, I shall have been taking, thou wilt, &c.

SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.

The forms of the subjunctive are the same as those of the indicative and potential, with some conditional conjunction prefixed. The present and past tenses have double forms.

Present Tense, If I am taking, if I be taking.
Past Tense, If I was taking, if I were taking.

POTENTIAL MODE.

Present Tense, I may, can, or must be taking.

Past Tense, I might, could, would, or should be taking.

Present Perfect, I may, can, or must have been taking.

Past Perfect, I might, could, would, or should have been taking.

IMPERATIVE MODE.

Present Tense, Be thou taking.

INFINITIVE MODE.

Present Tense, To be taking.

Present Perfect, To have been taking.

EMPHATIC FORMS.

§ 280. The EMPHATIC FORM represents an act or state asserted with emphasis. It is confined to the indicative and imperative modes in the active voice.

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