SECTION II.
OF NUMBER AND PERSON.
Verbs have two numbers, the Singular and the Plural: as, "I fiddle, we fiddle," &c.
In each number there are three presons; as,
| SINGULAR. | PLURAL. | |
| First Person | I love | We love. |
| Second Person | Thou lovest | Ye or you love. |
| Third Person | He loves | They love. |
What a deal there is in every Grammar about love! Here the following Lines, by a Young Lady, (now no more,) addressed to Lindley Murray, deserve to be recorded:—
"Oh, Murray! fatal name to me,
Thy burning page with tears is wet,
Since first 'to love' I learned of thee,
Teach me, ah! teach me 'to forget!'"
SECTION III.
OF MOODS AND PARTICIPLES.
Mood or Mode is a particular form of the verb, or a certain variation which it undergoes, showing the manner in which the being, action, or passion, is represented.
The moods of verbs are five, the Indicative, the Imperative, the Potential, the Subjunctive, and the Infinitive.
The Indicative Mood simply points out or declares a thing: as, "He teaches, he is taught;" or it asks a question: as, "Does he teach? Is he taught?"
