Many intransitive verbs, however, can be used transitively; thus, "I _walk_
the horse;" _walk_ is here transitive.

Verbs are inflected by _number_, _person_, _tense_ and _mood_.

_Number_ and _person_ as applied to the verb really belong to the
subject; they are used with the verb to denote whether the assertion is
made regarding one or more than one and whether it is made in reference
to the person speaking, the person spoken to or the person or thing
spoken about.


TENSE

In their tenses verbs follow the divisions of time. They have _present
tense_, _past tense_ and _future tense_ with their variations to express
the exact time of action as to an event happening, having happened or yet
to happen.


MOOD

There are four simple moods,--the _Infinitive_, the _Indicative_, the
_Imperative_ and the _Subjunctive_.

The Mood of a verb denotes the mode or manner in which it is used. Thus
if it is used in its widest sense without reference to person or number,
time or place, it is in the _Infinitive_ Mood; as "To run." Here we are
not told who does the running, when it is done, where it is done or