Sequence of tenses in subjunctive clauses
What Sequence of tenses in subjunctive clauses means in Latin A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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The verb is subjunctive, with the present subjunctive after a primary main verb and the imperfect after a historic one.
The rule by which primary sequence uses the present subjunctive and historic sequence the imperfect.
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- Accusative and infinitive in indirect statement
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- Concessive conjunctions
- Contrast between concession, cause and condition
- Correlative constructions with tamen
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