A Grammar of the English Language: Adapted to the Use of Schools And Academies
A Grammar of the English Language: Adapted to the Use of Schools And Academies
Samuel Stillman Greene
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" Till one greater man restore {shall restore) us, and regain (shall regain) the blissful seat, sing, heavenly muse." The majority of writers, at the present time, employ the forms of the indicative pre- sent; as, "If it rains;" "If he leaves." Hence the subjunctive may be regarded as borrowing its forms from the indicative and potential modes. 14. The imperative mode is used in principal propositions. It is th« mode which expresses vfiil or desire. It may usually be known by the omission of th...e subject; as, ** Read'^ (thou) ; ^^torite." The force of this mode, under the same form, depends upon the relation of the parties. If a superior speaks imperatively to an inferior, it is a command ; if an equal to an equal, it is an exhortation or an entreaty ; if an inferior to a superior, it is a prayer or supplication. The imperative is made sub- ordinate only in a direct quotation ; as, " God said. Let there be light." It is often elegantly put for a conditional clause ; as, " Let but the com- mons hear this testament, and they would go and kiss dead Csesar^s wounds" =t Could the commons, &c., or.
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