...gentleman, giving an order to his tailor, may say, " Make me a coat of a certain description, if it fit me well I will give you another order," because the...rendered in the indicative mood, "If this cloth is good," etc. We may with propriety say, " If the book be sent in time, I shall be able to read it to-night,"...

...has to determine ; but when the coat is made and brought home, he cannot say, " If this cloth be gcod I will give you another order," for the quality of...rendered in the indicative mood, "If this cloth is good," etc. We may with propriety say, " If the book be sent in time, I shall be able to read it to-night,"...

...futurity are thus combined, and the subjunctive mood is correctly used. But, when the coat is sent home, he cannot say, "If this cloth be good, I will...you another order;" for the quality of the cloth, whether good or bad, is already determined, and the future cannot alter it; as, therefore, contingency...

...alluded to is a thing which the future has to determine ; hut when the coat is made and brought liome, he cannot say, " If this cloth be good I will give...you another order," for the quality of the cloth is alreadydetermined ; the future will not alter it ; it may be good, it may be bad, but whatever it may...

...the fit. This combination of doubt and futurity requires the subjunctive. But when the coat is sent home, he cannot say, "If this cloth be good, I will...you another order;" for the quality of the cloth, whether good or bad, is already determined, and the future cannot alter it. As, therefore, contingency...

...to determine ; but when the coat is made and brought home, he caunot say, " If this cloth be ¡/ood I will give you another order," for the quality of...it; it may be good, it may be bad, but whatever it m •>/ 1л it already is, therefore, as contingency only is implied, without fu/uiity, it must be...

...knotty point : "Thus a gentleman, giving an order to his tailor, may say, ' Make me a coat ; if it_/fr me well, I will give you another order ; ' because...already determined ; the future will not alter it. It must be rendered in the indicative mood, ' If this cloth is good,' etc." Lack of space forbids detailed...

...knotty point : "Thus a gentleman, giving an order to his tailor, may say, 'Make me a coat ; if \i_fit me well, I will give you another order ;' because...already determined ; the future will not alter it. It must be rendered in the indicative mood, 'If this cloth is good,' etc." When two or more singular nominatives...