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318 THE MODERN PERIOD. [Par. 584.

584 "TO
ACTIVE
Simple Incomplete
or or
Indefinite. Continuous.
INFINITIVE
(to) help (to be) helping
PAnTI
helping helping
INDICATIVE
Present (he) helps (he) is helping
Past (he) helped (he) was helping
Future (the) will help (he) will he helping
(I) shall (I) shall b helping
OBSOLESCENT SUB
Present (he) help (lie) be helping
ANTECEDENT CON
Present elps is helping
] helped 2 were helping
should help a should be
^ 1 helping
Past were to help ' were to be
helping
This Verb has been chosen because (if it is to be learned by
' helped " may oblige the pupil to pronounce distinctly.
2 Same as Indicative.
3 Several of these forms are not used. And there is not the least
logical symmetry with which Tenses might be constructed with the