"Well, I suppose that's settled," she said, with the mother-sadness, in the midst of the not wishing it by any means to be otherwise, Inflecting her voice.
"The Other Girls"
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
26. To what style is the Inflecting of shall, will, may, can, should, would, might, and could, now restricted?
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown
For, when s or es was substituted for th or eth, and the familiar use of the latter ceased, this mode of Inflecting the verb without increasing its syllables, ceased also, or at least became unusual.
"The Grammar of English Grammars"
Goold Brown