fairly preserved on the proper syllable, this
drawling sound will never be heard."--_Murray's Gram._, p. 242. "One phrase
may, in point of sense, be equivalent to another, though its grammatical
nature is essentially different."--_Ib._, p. 108. "If any man obeyeth not
our word by this epistle, note that man."--_Dr. Webster's Bible_. "Thy
skill will be the greater, if thou hittest it."--_Putnam's Analytical
Reader_, p. 204. "Thy skill will be the greater if thou hit'st
it."--_Cobb's N. A. Reader_, p. 321. "We shall overtake him though he
should run."--_Priestley's Gram._, p. 113; _Murray's_, 207; _Smith's_, 173.
"We shall be disgusted if he gives us too much."--_Blair's Rhet._, p. 388.

"What is't to thee, if he neglect thy urn,
Or without spices lets thy body burn?"--DRYDEN: _Joh. Dict., w. What._

_Second Clause of Note IX.--For the Subjunctive Imperfect._

"And so would I, if I was he."--_Brown's Institutes_, p. 191.

[FORMULE.--Not proper, because the verb _was_, which is here used to
express a mere supposition, with indefinite time, is in the indicative
mood. But, according to the second clause of Note 9th to Rule 14th, "A mere
supposition, with indefinite time, is best expressed by a verb in the
subjunctive imperfect." Therefore, _was_ should be _were_; thus, "And so
would I, if I _were_ he."]

"If I was a Greek, I should resist Turkish despotism."--_Cardell's Elements
of Gram._, p. 80. "If he was to go, he would attend to your
business."--_Ib._, p. 81. "If thou feltest as I do, we should soon
decide."--_Inst._, p. 191. "Though thou sheddest thy blood in the cause, it
would but prove thee sincerely a fool."--_Ib._ "If thou lovedst him, there
would be more evidence of it."--_Ib._ "If thou couldst convince him, he
would not act accordingly."--_Murray's Key_, p. 209. "If there was no
liberty, there would be no real crime."--_Formey's Belles-Lettres_, p. 118.
"If the house was burnt down, the case would be the same."--_Foster's
Report_, i, 89. "As if the mind was not always in action, when it prefers
any thing!"--_West, on Agency_, p. 38. "Suppose I was to say, 'Light is a
body.'"--_Harris's Hermes_, p. 78. "If either oxygen or azote was omitted,
life would be destroyed."--_Gurney's Evidences_, p. 155. "The verb _dare_
is sometimes used as if it was an auxiliary."--_Priestley's Gram._, p. 132.
"A certain lady, whom I could name, if it was necessary."--_Spectator_, No.
536. "If the _e_ was dropped, _c_ and _g