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2. Thou hast been loved (you have 2. Ye or you have been loved.

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1. If I shall or will have been 1. If we shall or will have been loved.

loved.

2. If thou shalt or wilt have been 2. If ye shall or will have been

loved.

(If you shall or will have been

loved.)

loved.

If you shall or will have been loved.

3. If he shall or will have been 3. If they shall or will have been loved.

loved.

The other tenses of the subjunctive are the same in form as those of the indicative.

Singular.

POTENTIAL MODE.
Present Tense.

1. I may, can, or must be loved.

2. Thou mayest, canst, or must be loved. (You may, can, or must be loved.) 3. He may, can, or must be loved.

Plural.

1. We may, can, or must be loved. 2. Ye may, can, or must be loved. You may, can, or must be loved. 3. They may, can, or must be loved.

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2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or 2. Ye might, could, would, or should be shouldst be loved.

loved.

(You might, could, would, or should be

You might, could, would, or should be loved.

loved.)

3. He might, could, would, or should be 3. They might, could, would, or should be

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3. They may, can, or must have been loved. 3. They may, can, or must have been loved.

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1. I might, could, would, or should have 1. We might, could, would, or should have been loved.

been loved.

been loved.

2. Thou mightest, couldst, wouldst, or 2. Ye might, could, would, or should have shouldst have been loved.

(You might, could, would, or should

have been loved.)

You might, could, would, or should have been loved.

3. He might, could, would, or should have 3. They might, could, would, or should have

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§ 356. According to the common definition, an IRREGULAR VERB is a verb which does not form the preterit and perfect participle by the addition of d or ed.

The number of irregular verbs depends on the rule adopted for the formation of regular verbs. The more exclusive the rule, the more numerous will be the irregularities. The more general the rule, the fewer will be the irregularities. All the strong

verbs are included in this definition, though they are, in fact, many of them regular.

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