A question with negation is expressed in the indicative and potential
modes by placing the subject and _not_ after the first auxiliary; as, _Does
he not sing?_
+Remark+.--Formerly, it was common to use the simple form of the present
and past tenses interrogatively and negatively thus: _Loves he? I know
not_. Such forms are still common in poetry, but in prose they are now
scarcely used. We say, _Does he love?_ _I do not know_. The verbs _be_ and
_have_ are exceptions, as they do not take the auxiliary _do_. We say, _Is
it right? Have you another?_
+Direction+.--_Write a synopsis in the third person, singular, of the verb
walk conjugated_ (1) _interrogatively_, (2) _negatively, and _(3) _so as to
express a question with negation. Remember that the indicative and the
potential are the only modes that can be used interrogatively._
To THE TEACHER.--Select other verbs, and require the pupils to conjugate
them negatively and interrogatively in the progressive and in the passive
form. Require the pupils to give synopses of all the forms.
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LESSON 138.
MODE AND TENSE FORMS.
COMPOUND FORMS--ANALYSIS.
The +compound+, or +periphrastic, forms+ of the verb consisting of two
words may each be resolved into an +asserting word and a participle+ or an
+infinitive+.
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