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Excerpt from The Classical Journal, Vol. 3: For March and June, 1811 Now, having admitted this instance of a legitimate suba junctive mood, let us see how the admission will affect the gene ral question. If this example had been found in a regular verb, some argument in favor of the general existence of the mood in dispute might perhaps have been drawn from it. But no such inference can arise from one solitary instance, obtained from the verb to be - a verb most irregular, not only in our own, but in every other language.' If, therefore, the whole compass of our language can furnish but one genuine example 'of this mood (and that it will not supply more, I hepe to make it appear in the sequel) and that example being part of a most irregular verb, the fair conclusion seems to be, that, except in this instance, the English language does not possess a subjunctive mood - for, exceptio probat regulam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.