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"You, he, and I have to remain"; "You and he have to learn that long lesson"; " You or I am mistaken"; "Thou and thy friends are to make reparation."

A verb must be in the singular number when its subject conveys the idea of unity.

Ex. — "Rain falls"; "The army is marching"; "Dombey and Son [the title of a book] was written by Dickens"; "The ten dollars [a single sum] was duly paid"; "Descent and fall [words alike in meaning] to us is adverse."

A verb must be in the plural number when its subject conveys the idea of plurality.

Ex.-"The rains descend"; "The multitude pursue pleasure"; "Either the magistrate or the laws are at fault"; "You, he, and I are here."

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A unipersonal verb is one by which an act or a state is asserted independently of any particular subject; as, "It snows"; "It cleared off"; "It behooves us to be careful."

Meseems, meseemed, methinks, methought, may be regarded as unipersonal verbs, equivalent to it seems, it seemed to me, I think, I thought.

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The conjugation of a verb is the correct expression, in regular order, of its modes, tenses, voices, persons, and numbers.

The principal parts of a verb are: the present indicative, the past indicative, and the perfect participle.

The regular conjugation of a verb includes the common and solemn forms.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB "TO BE" 125

CXXXIV. CONJUGATION OF THE VERB "TO BE"

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