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Before you proceed to the analysis of the following examples, you may
read over the last _three_ lectures carefully and attentively; and as
soon as you become acquainted with all that has been presented, you will
understand nearly all the principles and regular constructions of our
language. In parsing a verb, or any other part of speech, be careful to
pursue the _systematic order_, and to conjugate every verb until you
become familiar with all the moods and tenses.
"He _should have been punished_ before he committed that atrocious
deed."
_Should have been punished_ is a verb, a word that signifies to
do--passive, it denotes action received or endured by the nom.--it is
formed by adding the perfect part, _punished_ to the neuter verb to
_be_--regular, the perf. part, ends in _ed_--potential mood, it implies
obligation, &c.--pluperfect tense, it denotes a past act which was prior
to the other past time specified by "committed"--third pers. sing.
num. because the nom. "he" is with which it agrees: RULE 4. _The verb
must agree_, &c.--Conjugated, Indic. mood, pres. tense, he is punished;
imperf.
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