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Par. 179-182.] AUXILIARY VERBS.

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I79 Will, would, "to be willing; to wish; to like."
(1) " He would not (i.e. willed not, or, refused to)
help me, although he could (i.e. was able to)
easily have done it."
(2) "Although he was warned of the danger, yet the
foolish boy would (i.e. willed, was determined to)
run upon the thin ice."
(3) "After breakfast the old man would (i.e. liked
to) generally take a walk."
180 Caution.- Notice that Indicative Tenses of
A may," " can," " shall," " will," when depending
on a Principal Verb in the Present, are Present;
but when depending on a Past, are Past: -
(1) "I say that I may, can, shall, will, help you."
(2) "I said that I might, could, should, would, help
you."
181 Rule. - The Auxiliary Verbs "can," "could,"
" may," "might," 5c. (when not following "if" or
any other Conjunction expressing Condition) are used
Indicatively, provided they can be altered into the
Indicatives of other Verbs.
How to Parse the Subjunctive.
182 1. Where the Mood expresses Purpose, parse the
Verb as " Subjunctive of Purpose."
2. Where the Mood expresses Condition, but in
the Indicative form, e.g. "If he comes, came, had
come," you may parse the Verb as " Conditional