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Par. 184.- THE SUBJUNCTIVE.

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horse, cried aloud that if a brave man had cast himself
into the pit, it would have been closed long ago. Saying
this he set spurs to his horse and leaped into the pit;
which at once closed, and never opened afterwards.
184 Could have caused. "Was able to have caused." Indicative.1
Could hare filled. "Had been able to fill." Indicative
form of the Conditional: Antecedent.
Would have remained. Conditional: Consequent.
M2iht intend. " It was possible that they intended (put for
' they were possible to intend ')." Indicative.l
2llight be. " It was possible to be (put for ' was possible to
be ')." Indicative.1
Ought. "Were bound." Indicative.l
WVent on. " Should go on." Indicative form of the Conditional: Antecedent.
Would be closed. Conditional: Consequent.
Is cast. " Shall be cast." Indicative form of the Subjunctive.
Might satisf. " It was possible that they were going to
satisfy (put for 'they were possible to satisfy')." Indicative.1
Would be. Conditional: Antecedent. Full sentence is,
"as (it would seem) if nothing were going to be of use."
Had cast. Indicative form of the Conditional: Antecedent.
WVould have been closed. Conditional: Consequent.
EXERCISE XXX.
State the Moods of the following italicized
Verbs:1 Note that the Indicative is used not only in questions, but also
after Verbs of fearing, hoping, &c., in many places where it cannot
be said to express a.fact. e g. (1) "I hope he has come," (2) " I fear
he has not come," (3) " I will ask who has come, or, if any one has
come."
In Latin, the Subjunc. would be used in (2) and (3), the Infin. in (1).