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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... tu recevrais, vous recevriez, il recevrait; Us recevraient. Conditional past. (I should have received, etc.) J'aurais reçu, etc. 87. Definition. Q. Why are these pronouns called indefinite 1 A. Because they refer to persons and things in an indefinite manner. 88. On. Q. How is on used 1 A. On is used when no particular antecedent is referred to. It is always singular, and takes the feminine gender, when it evidently refers to females exclusively. If you passed that way, people Si vous passiez par là, on vous would perceive you. apercevrait. It was thought (one thought). On pensait que le peuple recethat the people would receive vrait mal le roi. the king badly. They (one) would not have re-On n'aurait pas reçu votre deceived your demand. mande. N.B. 1. Von is oftentimes used for euphony in preference to on, after et, ou, où, que, qui, quoi, si, except when it is immediately followed by le, la, les, lui. L'on is not used at the beginning of a sentence. One knew it, and one ought to On le savait, et l'on aurait dû have prevented it. l'empêcher. If people passed that way, they Si l'on passait par là, on vous would perceive you. apercevrait. People often receive badly those On reçoit souvent mal ceux à to whom they owe money. qui l'on doit de l'argent. N.B. 2. Quelqu'un, quiconque, chacun, when taken in a general sense, that is, when referring to no particular antecedent, are always masculine. I perceive some one. Every one J'aperçois quelqu'un. Chacun ought to work. devrait travailler. I shall punish whoever does not Je punirai quiconque ne travaille work. pas. Conversational Exercise. Qu'aperçoit-on dans ce champ? On aperçoit des moutons, des vaches et un homme qui les garde...
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