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—;268 SYNTAX.-—MOODS. § 1403d. To express a doubtful question ; as, quo earn? " whither shall 1go ?" quid aliud faceret? " what else could he do /" (171-2). Cic.4th. After the imperfect, and pluperfect subjunctive, in a conditionalclause with si, etsi, quasi, etiamsi, tamelsi, ni, nisi, the subjunctiveis used independently in the apodosis, or conclusion, in the sametenses, when the thing supposed did not exist. Also, after thepresent, and perfect in the sense of the imperfect or pluperfectas, si hie sis, aliter sentias , "if you were here, you would thinkotherwise." Ter. Quos ni mea cura r e sis tat, jam fiammce tulerint.Yihg. In this construction, the conditional clause is some.times omitted ; as, rnagno mercentur Atridce (si possint). Virg.Note.—But, though in these and many similarexpressions, the ^subjunctiveappears to be used independently, it is easy to see, that in most cases,if not in all, it depends on an indicative or imperative understood, andwhich has been omitted for the sake of brevity (145).THE SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD IN DEPENDENT PROPOSITIONS.626.—The subjunctive mood is used, for themost part, in dependent clauses, and is precededby another verb in the indicative, imperative, orinfinitive mood, expressed or understood, withwhich it is connected by a conjunction, a relative,or an indefinite term, and may- generally berendered by the potential in English (142-2d, and143).Obs.—The construction of the subjunctive mood, in Latinagrees, generally, with its construction in English and inGreek. Its use, however, is much more extensive in Latin,being employed in many cases in which the indicative is usedin these languages. Its construction in dependent propositions,is subject to the following Rules.§ 140. SUBJUNCTIVE AFTER CONJUNCTIONS, &c.627 Rule LIV. The conjunctions, ut, quo, licet,ne, utinam, and durnmodo,