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determines whether it is to be Incomplete or Completed. § 231.

(C) There being no proper Future or Future Perfect of the Subjunctive, their place is generally taken by the Present and Perfect Subjunctive. See, however, § 231.

In connexion with a Secondary tense the Subjunctive Future and Future Perfect are represented by an Imperfect and Pluperfect Subjunctive respectively, according to (A).

§ 226. The Sequence of Tenses.—Unless the sense forbids, Primary Tenses in Principal clauses are followed by Primary Tenses in Dependent clauses, and Secondary by Secondary. Thus

ōrăt	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	tē ŭt vĕnĭās	He prays	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	you to come
ōrabĭt			He will pray
ōrāvĕrĭt			He will have prayed
ōrāvĭt	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	tē ŭt vĕnĭrēs	He prayed	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	you to come
ōrābăt			He was praying
ōrāvērăt			He had prayed

§227. Primary tenses are put after the Present, Future, Future Perfect, Indicative and Subjunctive, and the Imperative (§ 386).

§ 228. Secondary tenses are put after the Imperfect, Pluperfect, Perfect Aorist, Indicative and Subjunctive, and the Perfect Infinitive (§ 387.)

§ 229. Primary or Secondary tenses may be put after the Perfect Proper, Indicative and Subjunctive, and the Historical Present^[1] (§ 389).

§ 230. The Present and Future Infinitive, the Participles, and other Verbal Adjectives and Nouns, do not affect the Sequence of Tenses. If a Verb depends on them, it is put in the tense required by the leading Verb (§ 390).

§ 231. Incomplete and Completed Tenses of the Sub-

1. Including the Historical Infinitive.