The necessary distinction of moods, this author rejects; confounding the Subjunctive with the Indicative, in order to furnish out this useless and fanciful contrast of his Solemn and Ancient styles.

For these reasons more space is given to the subjunctive in this book than would be called for by a mere discussion of modern English usage.

Nor is it truly consonant with any part of his theory, which is this: "The subjunctive of all verbs except be, takes the same form as the indicative.

Fut. s. ω εις ει p. ομεν ετε ουσι Subjunctive throughout s. ω ης

These are the tenses which are given to the subjunctive by Blair, in his "Practical Grammar."

When condition is expressed by the subjunctive without if, the verb precedes the subject: [Were my brother here, he could go with me].

Here it will be noticed that Justin and the Clementines have four points in common, [Greek: anagennaethaete] for [Greek: gennaethae anothen], the second person plural (twice over) for [Greek: tis] and the singular, [Greek: ou mae] and the subjunctive for [Greek: ou dunatai] and infinitive, and [Greek: taen basileian ton ouranon], for [Greek: taen basileian tou Theou].

Dr. Johnson, indeed, made the preterit subjunctive like the indicative; and this may have induced the author to change his plan, and inflect this part of the verb with st.