/, 1. (We) might have /Past Par./,
2. (You) might have /Past Par./, 2. (You) might have /Past Par./,
(Thou) might-+st+ have /Past Par./,
3. (He) might have /Past Par./. 3. (They) might have /Past Par./.
Singular.
[Footnote 2: Those who do not wish to recognize a Potential Mode, but
prefer the unsatisfactory task of determining when _may, can, must, might,
could, would, and should_ are independent verbs in the indicative, and when
auxiliaries in the subjunctive, are referred to pages 370-374.]
SUBJUNCTIVE MODE.[3]
PRESENT TENSE.
Singular.
2. (If thou) /Pres./ 3. (If he) /Pres./
[Footnote 3: The subjunctive as a form of the verb is fading out of the
language. The only distinctive forms remaining (except for the verb _be_)
are the second and the third person singular of the present, and even these
ate giving way to the indicative. Such forms as If he _have loved_, etc.
are exceptional. It is true that other forms, as, If he _had known, Had_ he
_been_, _Should_ he _fall_, may be used in a true subjunctive sense, to
assert what is a mere conception of the mind, i. e., what is merely thought
of, without regard to its being or becoming a fact; but in these cases it
is not the form of the verb but the connective or something in the
construction of the sentence that determines the manner of assertion.
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