ABSTRACT

Tenses in the passive.—Conclusive verbs.—Present tense.— Preterit.—Perfect, etc.—Other auxiliaries in the passive.— Imaginative use of the tenses.—The preterit of imagination. —Wishes.—Conditions.—Was and were.—Could, might, ought, should.—Time he went.—Pluperfect of imagination.—Infinitive of imagination.—Indirect speech.—Expanded tenses.—Special cases. —Passive.—Conclusion.