OBSOLETE FORMS.-Instead of lept, slept, mowed, and snowed, we find, in the provincial dialects and in the older writers, the strong forms lep, slep, mew, snew, &c. Here there are two forms, and each form is of a different conjugation.

DOUBLE FORMS.-In lep and mew we have two forms, of which only one is current. In swoll and swelled, in clomb and climbed, and in hung and hanged, we have two forms, of which both are current. These latter are true double forms, of which there are two kinds : 1. Those like swoll and swelled, where there is the same tense, but a different conjugation. 2. Those like spoke and spake, where the tense is the same and the conjugation the same, but where the form is different.

§ 349. CONJUGATION OF THE STRONG VERB "TO

TAKE."

(Commonly called Irregular.)

ACTIVE VOICE.

Principal Parts.

Present, Take. Past, Took. Perf. Part., Taken.

2. Thou wilt take (you will take). 2. Ye or you will take.

3. He will take.

3. They will take.

1. I will take.

Singular.

Future Tense (Promissive).

Plural.

1. We will take.

2. Thou shalt take (you shall take). 2. Ye or you shall take. 3. They shall take.

3. He shall take.

Present Perfect Tense.

Singular.

Plural.

1. I have taken.

1. We have taken.

2. Thou hast taken (you have 2. Ye or you have taken.

2. Thou shalt have taken (you 2. Ye or you shall have taken.

§ 350. The subjunctive mode of common verbs in the active has two forms in the present tense, one of which is given in the conjugation of the verb To take, and the other is the same as that of the indicative. The forms for the other tenses of that voice are the same as those for the indicative, with this difference in the futures, that the distinction between shall and will in the different persons of the verb which obtains in the indicative is not observed in the

subjunctive mode. Thus we can say, If I shall take, if thou shalt take, if he shall take; and with the other we can say, If I will take, if thou wilt take, if he will take. In the passive voice the subjunctive mode has two forms in the present and past tenses, one of which is given, and the other is the same as the indicative. The other tenses, with the exception of the futures, which are given, are the same as the indicative.

3. He might, could, would, or should take. 3. They might, could, would, or should take.

1. I might, could, would, or should have 1. We might, could, would, or should have taken.

2. Thou mightest. couldst, wouldst, or shouldst have taken.

(You might, could, would. or should have taken.)

taken.

2. Ye might, could, would, or should have

taken.

You might, could, would, or should have taken.

3. He might, could, would, or should have 3. They might, could, would, or should have

2. Thou art taken (you are taken). 2. Ye or you are taken.

2. Thou wilt be taken (you will be 2. Ye or you will be taken.

2. Thou shalt be taken (you shall 2. Ye or you shall be taken.

2. Thou hast been taken (you have 2. Ye or you have been taken.

2. Thou hadst been taken (you had 2. Ye or you had been taken.

2. Thou wilt have been taken (you 2. Ye or you will have been

will have been taken).

3. He will have been taken

taken.

3. They will have been taken.

1. If I shall or will have been 1. If we shall or will have been taken.

2. If thou shalt or wilt have been 2. If ye shall or will have been

3. If they shall or will have been 3. If they shall or will have been