Saturday, March 8, 2014

THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES-1

97. A Present or Future Tense in the principal clause may be followed by any Tense
required by the sense; as,
He thinks that she is there.
He thinks that she was there.
He thinks that she will be there.
He will think that she is there.
He will think that she was there.
He will think that she will be there.
But in sentences where the subordinate clause denotes purpose, if the verb in the
principal clause is Present or Future the verb in the subordinate clause must be Present;
as,
I eat so that I may live.

I shall nurse him so that he may live.

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