The Conjunctions, if, though, unless, except, whether, generally require the Verb in the Subjunctive Mood; but, even those Conjunctions, when the fentence does not imply doubt, admit of the Verb in the Indicative Mood; as, Though he is taught, she does not apply. If you are attentive, you will improve.

When the Conjunction occafions the fenfe to be doubtful or uncertain, it takes the Subjunctive Mood after it; as, "If there Be any thing that makes human` "nature appear ridiculous, it is pride;" or, THOUGH he FALL, he shall not be utterly caft down.

The Conjunctions that are of a pofitive and abfolute nature, require the Indicative Mood.

. Ex. "As virtue advances, fo vice recedes."

is admired because she is amiable."

Of INTERFECTIONS.

"She

INTERJECTIONS are words that are used to exprefs fome paffion of the mind; as, Alas! Oh! bush!

They are fo called, because they are introduced between the parts of a sentence, without making any other alteration in it. They are a kind of natural found to express the affection of the speaker.

INTERJECTIONS are put before Nouns, and the Nominative Cafe of Pronoun's; as, O king live for ever! O thou that livest in the heavens! Alas! I fear for her.

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A LIST OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS.

The English Irregular Verbs are,

Prefent Tenfe, or Paft, or Imper- Paffive Parti- Gerund, or Ac

*Abide is ufed with the Prepofition With before a Perfon, and At or In before a Place.

Dr. Johnson is of opinion, that abide, as an act̃vive verb, has no paffive participle.

To know when a verb is active, when neuter, see page 32.

To be, the Auxiliary Verb, by which the Verb Paffive is formed. The words marked in Italics are the Auxiliary or Helping Verbs, which are defective, that is, wanting in fome of their parts, except the Verbs To be and To have.

All Verbs in this Lift that have the Regular Form in use, as well as the Irregular, are marked with an R.

Those Verbs which are marked with a care Irregular by contraction: thus, beat, from beated; burft, from burfted; caft, from cafted, &c. because of the disagreeable sound of the fyllable ed, after d, or t.

Beat,

Prefent Tenfe, or Paft, or Imper- Paffive Parti

Gerund, or Active Participle.

© Beat, or Beaten, Beating.

Begun,

Beginning.

Bent, R

Bending.

*To let blood, is elliptical for to let out blood, i. e. to fuffer it

to ftream out of the vein.

Cleave,

Prefent Tenfe, or Paft, or Imper- Paffive Parti
Radical Form. felt Tenfe.

ciple.

Gerund, or Active Participle

* When Dare fignifies to challenge, to defy, it is always in

flected, and in the regular form.

†The Verb To do is a Perfect Verb. It has feveral fignifications. It fometimes means to act; as,

"Who DOES the beft bis circumftance allows,

"Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more."-Young.

Eat,

Prefent Tenfe, or Paft, or Imper- Paffive Parti

Gerund, or Ac▲ tive Participle.

* It may be proper to distinguish this from the Verb to fly. Obferve, that we FLEE from danger; and a bird FLIES with avings. Though to flee is sometimes written,

Participle.
Fled.

The Verb to get, used by way of poffeffion, is, I think, awkward and inelegant; as, I bave GOT a very good pen ; she bas GOT none; To say I have any thing, is fufficient.