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1 68 THE SUBJUNCTIVE OF RESULT the sentence is affirmative, both purpose and result clauses may be introduced by ut; but if the sentence is negative, the purpose clause has nē and the result clause ut nōn. Result clauses are often preceded in the main clause by such words as tam, ita, sic (so), and these serve to point them out. Compare Which sentence contains a result clause, and how is it pointed out?

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I.
 * 1) Fit, fīet, ut fīat, fīēbāmus. 2. Fīō, fīēs, ut fierent, fierī, fīunt.
 * 2) Fīētis, ut fīāmus, fīs, fīemus.
 * 3) Mīlitēs erant tam tardī ut ante noctem in castra nōn pervenīrent.
 * 4) Sōl facit ut omnia sint pulchra.
 * 5) Eius modī perīcula erant ut nēmō proficīscī vellet.
 * 6) Equitēs hostium cum equitātū nostrō in itinere contendērunt, ita tamen ut nostrī omnibus in partibus superiōrēs essent.
 * 7) Virtūs mīlitum nostrōrum fēcit ut hostēs nē ūnum quidem impetum sustinērent.
 * 8) Hominēs erant tam audācēs ut nūllō modō continērī possent.
 * 9) Spatium erat tam parvum ut mīlitēs tēla iacere nōn facile possent.
 * 10) Hōc proeliō factō barbarī ita perterritī sunt ut ab ultimīs gentibus lēgātī ad Caesarem mitterentur.
 * 11) Hoc proelium factum est nē lēgātī ad Caesarem mitterentur.

II.
 * 1) It will happen, they were being made, that it may happen.
 * 2) It happens, he will be made, to happen.
 * 3) They are made, we were being made, lest it happen.
 * 4) The soldiers are so brave that they conquer.
 * 5) The soldiers are brave in order that they may conquer.
 * 6) The fortification was made so strong that it could not be taken.
 * 7) The fortification was made strong in order that it might not be taken.
 * 8) After the town was taken, the townsmen feared that they would be made slaves.
 * 9) What state is so weak that it is unwilling to defend itself?