Chapter LVIII: The Emphatic Conjugation

=232.= In the indicative mode, present tense, we may say, _I study_, which is the common form, or _I am studying_, which is the progressive form, or _I do study_, which is the =emphatic form=.

=233.= The emphatic conjugation is made by using the auxiliary verb _do_. It is found only in the present and past tenses of the indicative mode, and in the imperative mode.

=234.= Conjugation of the verb _try_ in the emphatic form.

INDICATIVE MODE

PRESENT TENSE

I do try we do try
thou dost try you do try
he does try they do try

PAST TENSE

I did try we did try
thou didst try you did try
he did try they did try

IMPERATIVE MODE

do try (thou, you, or ye)

=235.= The two tenses of the indicative mode, emphatic form, may be made interrogative, as we learned in Lesson LI.

=236.= The emphatic form is used for other purposes than for emphasis. It is generally used instead of the ordinary forms when the adverb _not_ modifies the predicate. We say, “I do not love thee, Dr. Fell,” instead of “I love thee not.” And in the imperative mode with _not_ we say, “Do not run with the ball,” instead of “Run not with the ball.”