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Rh {|
 * &emsp; || May God bless you!
 * || God help us!
 * || Safe home! (may you go safely)!
 * || May God not allow that! God forbid!
 * || Thank you!
 * || No thanks to you!
 * }
 * || Thank you!
 * || No thanks to you!
 * }
 * || No thanks to you!
 * }

The subjunctive is also used after or, all meaning “until”; and after , “unless,” but only when there is an element of doubt.

, all meaning “before,” when used with reference to an event not considered as an actual occurrence, take the subjunctive; as,

The past subjunctive is found after or  to express a supposed condition. They may also take a conditional. In translating the English phrases “if he believed,” “if he had believed” (im-