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Par. 167.] SUBJUNCTIVE M OOD.

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" Would " (apparently of purpose) is used in " We beqged,
besought, that he would come." See Par. 173.
The distinction between " might " and " should " appears
to be, that " might" (expressing possibility) is a more
modest word wherewith to represent one's object, than
"should," which expresses ftturity, and necessity.
(1) " gave him water (in the hope) that (possibly) he might
drink."
(2) "I took away the water (for fear) lest (which would certainly have happened) he should drink."
In other words, since we do not like to express our hopes
so strongly as our fears, we use "might" of what we hope,
and " should " of what wefear.
Subjunctive of Condition.
The following is an important division of a Conditional sentence:
167 In a Conditional sentence, (1) the clause expressing the condition is called the Antecedent (" goingbefore"); (2) the clause expressing the consequence
of the fulfilment of the condition is called the Consequent.l
The forms in the Antecedent differ from the
corresponding forms in the Consequent, and three
out of five are identical with the Indicative, as will
be seen from the following scheme —
1 These are also called (1) Protasis; (2) Apodosis. See Glossary
of Grammatical Terms.
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