Here belong also such uses as, Who should hail me but a policeman. b. Should is used as an auxiliary verb, the past tense of shall. 1. Should is used in place of shall in quotations after a past tense; as, Direct Discourse I shall remain. You shall rue this day. Indirect Discourse He said he should remain. He said you should rue this day. In this use should is in the indicative mode. 2. Should is used in any person in the subjunctive mode to express condition, concession, purpose, etc.; as, (1) If we should go, the rest would remain. (2) Even though they should discover us, they could not take us. 163. Would has two uses, as principal verb expressing habitual action, and as auxiliary verb. a. Would as a principal verb is always followed by an infinitive, and is used in the indicative mode only. It expresses habitual or repeated action, or simple volition in past time, and is used with any person; as, (1) They would hail every craft that came into view. b. Would is used as an auxiliary verb, the past tense of will. 1. Would is used in place of will in quotations after a past tense; as, Direct Discourse Indirect Discourse He said you would find him at home. end. 2. Would is used in any person in the subjunctive mode to express condition or wish; as, (1) Would I were at home. (2) He would do it if he could. EXERCISE 27 Write the following sentences, using the correct form of the defective verbs: 1. He says the entire army (will, would) perish. 2. What Antony (shall, will) speak, I (shall, will) protest. 3. Although I (should, would) bestow all my wealth upon the poor, I (can, could) not relieve all the needy. 4. I (will, shall) go home, if you (will, shall) go too. 5. (Will, Shall) you be able to pay your debt next week? 6. He studied day and night that he (may, might) pass the test. 7. You (shall, will) not undertake the task alone. 28. If you (should, would) be late we (should, would) patiently wait for you. 9. O that we (might, may) never again see our country at war! 10. He said he (will, would) come at daybreak. 11. When (shall, will) we have the pleasure of seeing you? 12. (Will, Shall) you help me carry this table? 13. He says they (shall, will) pay for their mischief. 14. (Will, Shall) you go skating to-morrow? 15. I (should, would) like to see Niagara. 7 EXERCISE 28 Parse every verb in the following sentences: 1. It shall advantage more than do us wrong. 3. Shall you pay us a visit soon? 4. Will you pay me promptly at the end of each month? 5. You shall not in your funeral speech blame us. 6. Another monarch would have doubled his guards after such a scene. 7. I should have known him better; I should have re membered how William deceived me. 8. Save life, if indeed life may yet be saved. 9. May my course be right, if it be but brief. 10. I would I had asked him touching the loss of my banner. 11. I will plant the standard on the walls of the fortress. 12. You will kindly omit all mention of that. 13. He would come if he were not held a prisoner. 14. Every time we passed an automobile, our horse would balk. CHAPTER XVIII THE PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS 164. The principal parts of verbs are explained in § 119. By following the rules there given you can derive any form of a given verb. But the past tense and the past participle of irregular verbs vary so widely that each verb must be learned separately. The same is true of some regular verbs, because there is a growing tendency to spell the past tense and past participle of regular verbs phonetically. Many of these phonetic forms have already become fixed, and others are gaining currency (see § 13). Below are given the principal parts of all verbs whose forms are obscure or phonetic. 165. 1. The principal parts of a few regular verbs where the formation of the past tense and the past participle is easily apparent: 2. The principal parts of regular verbs where phonetic spelling has obscured the formation of the past tense and the past participle: |