SEQUENCE OF TENSES（第1页）
SEQUEENSES
&woverbsdepehertheirtehaveadefioeachother。"Ishallhavemuchpleasureiingyourkindinvitation&qu，unlessyoureallymeanthatjusthoughby-and-byyouioaccept?orunlessyoumeanthatyoudoaow，thoughyouhavenopleasureindoingso，butlookforwardtobemorepleasedby-and-by。Infactthesequehepoundtensespuzzleexperiehebestplanistogobathoughttothetimeiioenseyouwouldthennaturallyuse。e;Ishouldhavelikedtohavegohecircus"thewaytofindoutthepropersequeoaskyourselfthequestion—whatisitI"shouldhaveliked"todo?andtheplainansweris"togotoseethecircus。"Iswer—"Tohavegohecircus"forthatwouldimplythatataentIwouldhavelikedtobeiionofhavihecircus。ButIdohis?ImeanthatatthemomentateakingIwishIhadgohecircus。TheverbalphraseIshouldhavelikedcarriesmebaewhentherewasaceofseeingthedothetime，thegoingtothecircusisathi。Thiswholeexplaselfintothesimplequestion，—whatshouldIhavelikedatthattime，andthea;togotoseethecircus，"thereforethisisthepropersequeheexpressionshouldbe"Ishouldhavelikedtogotoseethecircus。"
&ospeakofstoatimepriortothatihepastteusetheperfeseoftheinfinitive?as，"Heappearedtohaveseeerdays。"Weshouldsay"Iexpe，"not"Iexpeethim。""Weiovisityou，"not"tohavevisitedyou。""Ihopedtheywouldarrive，"not"Ihopedtheywouldhavearrived。""IthoughtIshouldcatchthebird，"not"IthoughtIshouldhavecaughtthebird。""Ihadiothemeeting，"not"Ihadiohavegoing。"
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&ioeerged。Betweeotwoobjeowo。"Themoneywasequallydividedbetwee;isrightwhenthereareonlytwo，butiftherearemorethantwoitshouldbe"themoneywasequallydividedamo;
LESS—FEWER
Lessrefersisquao;Nomaues"shouldbe"Nomaues。""Thefarmerhadsomeoatsayofwheat"shouldbe"thefarmerhadsomeoatsaityofwheat。"
FURTHER—FARTHER
Furtherisoodey，farthertodea;Ihavewalkedfartherthanyou，""Ihersupply"arecorrect。
&HER—OHER
&herreferstotwo，oomorethantwo。"JonesandSmithquarreled?theystruckeachother"iscorrect。"JohandBrowheystruother"isalsocorre'tsay，"Thetwoboysteaother"nor&quirlsloveeachother。"
EACH，EVERY，EITHER，HER
Thesewordsareuallymisapplied。Eabeappliedthernumberofobjectstosignifyeveryohenumberily。Everyrequiresmorethantwotobespokenofahepersstakeherdeheotheroftwo，andshouldoih。heher，denotiher，andnotthetotwopersssideredseparately。
Thefollolesillustratetheceofthesewords:
Eaofthecrewreceivedare>
Everymadisplayedbravery。
Wewalkohersideofthestreet。
&herofthetwoistoblame。
&HER-NOR
&wosingularsubjectsareeeither，noruseasingularverb?as，herJohhere，"here。
NONE
hassaheuseofthiswordbothwithasingularandplural?as—"Noneissoblindashewhowill;and"Nonearesoblindastheywhowill;However，asitisatraooisbettertousethesingularverb。
RISE-RAISE
Theseverbsareveryoftended。Riseistomoveorpassupwardinao"risefrombed?"toinvalue，toimproveinpositionorrank，as"stocksrise?""politisrise?""theyhaverisentohonor。"
&oliftup，toexalt，toenhance，as"Iraisethetable?""Heraisedhisservant?""Thebakerraisedthepriceofbread。"
LAY-LIE
&iveverblay，andlay，thepastteerverblie，areoftended，thoughquitediffereheolie，meaningtoliedow，ottaketheobjectiveafteritexceptosition。Wesay"Heliesontheground，"butweotsay"Heliestheground，"siheverbisransitiveand，assuothaveadirectobject。Withlayitisdifferent。Layisatrahereforeittakesadirectobjectafterit?as"Ilayawager，""Ilaidthecarpet，"etc。
Ofacarpetoranyiweshouldsay，"Itliesonthefloor，""Akhetable，"notlays。Butofapersonwesay—"Helaysthekable，"not"Helies——。"Laybeieolie（down）weshouldsay，"Helayo;aspastparticiplewemustalsosay"Hehaslaino;
Wesay"Ilaymyselfdown。""Helaidhimselfdown"andsuchexpressions。
Itisimperativettheseverbsthattolaymeanstodosomething，aobei。
SAYSI—ISAID
"SaysI"isavulgarism?don'tuseit。"Isaid"is。
IN—INTO
Becarefultodistinguishthemeaniwolittleprepositionsanddon'tihem。Don'tsay"Hewentintheroom"nor"Mybrotherisintothenavy。"Iheplaceers，whetheratrestorinmotio?ara;Hewentintotheroom?""Mybrotherisinthenavy"arecorrect。
&E
Don'tdthetrese。"Ieatthebread"meansthatIamgtheeating?"Iatethebread"meansthattheactofeatingispast。Eateparticiple，butofteisusedinstead，andasithasthesamepronun（et）ofate，careshouldbetakentodistieheperfectIhaveeate）。