Are such as can be conjugated, or varied, only in some particular modes and tenses. Am, was, been, can, must, could, shall, should, may, might, will, would, ought, quoth, &c. are defective verbs. We can say, 'I learn, I learned, I have learned, I had learned, I shall or will learn, I may, can, or must learn.' But, shall is a defective verb. We can say, I shall, but we cannot say, I have shall, I had shall, I shall or will shall, I may, can, or must shall. By this rule, we can always distinguish a defective verb. AUXILIARY, OR HELPING VERBS, Are those which help to conjugate other verbs, They are, do, be, have, has, shall, will, may and can, with their variations; and let and must, which have no variations. The auxiliary and principal verb must be parsed together, although they may be separated by intervening words; as, We should immediately and without reserve, confess our faults.' Should, in this sentence, is the auxiliary, and confess is the principal verb; therefore, should and confess are taken together, and parsed as one word. Verbs and other parts of speech cannot be parsed together; therefore, we cannot parse should immediately confess in union with each other, because, immediately is an adverb. The verb, whose tense the auxiliary shows, is the principal verb; as, 'James will ride. John has written.' The auxiliary verbs are signs of the potential mode. The auxiliary verbs are thus varied: have, shall, will, may, will, may, can. can. I, did, was, had, Thou, didst, wast, hadst, He, did, wast, had, We, did, were, had, Ye, did, were, had, They, did, were, had, should, would, might, could. shouldst, wouldst, mighst, couldst. should, would, might, could. should, would, might, could. should, would, might, could. should, would, might, could. Participles. Pres. doing, being, having; Perf. done, been, had. CONJUGATION OF VERBS. The conjugation of a verb, is its variation through all its moods, tenses, numbers and persons. The conjugation of an active verb is styled the active voice; and that of a passive verb, the passive voice. Conjugation of the irregular active verb have. *The second person singular may have a similar variation in ev ery personal tense of this aud all other verbs. When a question is asked, which occurs only in the indicative and potential moods, the pronoun or substantive is placed after the verb, or its first auxiliary; as, Singular. Has he? In like manner, we say, 'Have I had?' Plural. Shall I have had?' May I have? Do I love? Am I loved? &c. Singular. Imperfect Tense. Plural. 1 I might, could, would, or should 1 We might, could, would, or have should have 2 Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst, 2 Ye or you might, could, or shouldst have would, or should have 3 He might, could, would, or 3 They might, could, would, or should have Singular. should have Perfect Tense. 1 I may, can, or must have had 3 He may, can or must have had Singular. Plural.. 1 We may, can or must have had 2 Ye or you may, can or must have had 3 They may, can, or must have had Pluperfect Tense. 1 I might, could, would or should have had 2 Thou mightst, couldst, wouldst or shouldst have had 3 He might, could, would or should have had Singular. 1 If I have 2 If thou have 3 If he have Singular. 1 If I had 2 If thou hadst Singular. 1 If I have had Singular, 1 If I had had 2 If thou hadst hade 3 If he had had SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Present Tense. Plural. 1 If we have 2 If ye or you have Imperfect Tense. Plural. 1 If we had 2 If ye or you had Perfect Tense. Plural. 1 If we have had 2 If ye or you have hadv Pluperfect Tense. Plural. 1 If we had had 2 If ye or you had hadd |