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

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or 2. Ye might, could, would, or should have shouldst have loved.

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

2. Thou wast loved, you were loved. 2. Ye or you were loved.

2. Thou hast been loved, you had

been loved.

3. He has been loved.

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Plural

1. We had been loved.

2. Ye or you had been loved.

3. They had been loved.

Future Perfect Tense (Predictive).

Singular.

1. I shall have been loved.

2. Thou wilt have been loved, }

you have been 3. He will have been loved.

Plural

1. We shall have been loved.

2. Ye or you shall have been loved. 3. They shall have been loved.

1. If I shall or will have been

loved.

Plural.

1. If we shall or will have been loved.

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

loved.

If you shall or will have been loved.

loved.

If you shall or will have been loved.

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

The other Tenses of the Subjunctive are the same in form as those of the Indicative.

1. I might, could, would, or should be loved.

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst,

or shouldst be loved.

You might, could, would, or should be
loved.

You might, could, would, or should be loved.

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

loved.

Singular.

loved.

Present Perfect Tense.

1. I may, can, or must have been loved.

2. Thou mayest, canst, or must have been

loved.

You may, can, or must have been loved.

Plural

2. Ye may, can, or must have been loved. 1. We may, can, or must have been loved.

You may, can, or must have been loved.

3. They may, can, or must have been loved. 3. They may, can, or must have been loved.

Singular.

Past Perfect Tense.

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

been loved.

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or shouldst have been loved.

You might, could, would, or should have been loved.

You might, could, would, or should have been loved.

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

been loved.

Present, To be loved.

been loved.

INFINITIVE MODE.

Present Perfect, To have been loved.

IMPERATIVE MODE.

Present Tense.

Sing., 2. Be (Be thou loved.

loved, or Be

you loved.

3. Let him be loved.

Plur., 2. Be (Be ye loved. loved, or Be you loved.

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3. Let them be loved.

Past or Perfect, Loved.
Compound Perfect, Having been loved.

CHAPTER XIX.

IRREGULAR VERBS.

§ 304. THE number of Irregular Verbs depends on the Rule adopted for the formation of Regular Verbs. The more exclusive the Rule, the more numerous will be the irregularities. The more general the Rule, the fewer will be the irregularities.

1. A Rule like this might be adopted, namely, that the Preterite is formed by the addition of -t, or -d, or -ed. Now this is sufficiently exclusive, since it proscribes not only the whole class of the strong verbs, but also words like bent and sent, where t exists, but where it does not exist as an addition.

2. Exclusive, however, as the rule in question is, it is plain that it might be made more so. The Regular forms might, by a rule, be restricted to those in -d. In this case, words like wept and burnt would be added to the numerous list of irregularities.

3. Finally, a further limitation might be made by laying down as a rule that no word is Regular unless it end in ed.

§ 305. Vital and Obsolete Processes.-The word moved is formed from move by the addition of -d. The addition of -d is the process by which the present form is rendered preterite. The word fell is formed from fall by changing a into e. The change of vowel is the process by which the Present form is rendered Preterite. Of the two processes the result is the same. In what respect do they differ?

1. For further illustration, let a new word be introduced into the language. Let a Preterite tense of it be formed. This Preterite would be formed, not by changing the vowel, but by adding -d. No new verb ever takes a strong Preterite. The like takes place with Nouns. No new substantive would form its Plural, like oxen and geese, by adding en or by changing the vowel. It would, rather, like fathers and