[Footnote: Some
would parse _of_ as an adverb relating to _was lost,_ and _sight_ as a
noun used adverbially to modify _was lost;_ others would treat _sight_
as an object [complement] of _was lost;_ others would call _was lost
sight of_ a compound verb; and others, believing that the logical
relation of these words is not lost by a change of position, analyze
the expression as if arranged thus: _Sight of his original purpose was
lost._]
31. Such talents should be made much of.
32. He was taken care of by his friends.
33. Some of his characters have been found fault with as insipid.
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LESSON 131.
MODIFICATIONS OF THE VERB--CONTINUED.
MODE, TENSE, NUMBER, AND PERSON.
+Introductory Hints.+--_James walks_. Here the walking is asserted as an
actual fact. _James may walk._ Here the walking is asserted not as an
actual, but as a possible, fact. _If James walk out, he will improve._ Here
the walking is asserted only as thought of, without regard to its being or
becoming either an actual or a possible fact. _James, walk out._ Here the
walking is not asserted as a fact, but as a command--James is ordered to
make it a fact. These different uses and forms of the verb constitute the
modification which we call +Mode.
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