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92 § 183. Present for Future.—The Present is sometimes similarly used in speaking of events in the future, especially in the immediate future: nunc ăd inceptūm rĕdĕō now I will return to my subject.

§ 184. Past for Present—The. Imperfect and Pluperfect are often used in letters (and messages) where English has the Present and Perfect, the writer of the letter putting himself in the position of the receiver, and using the tense which he would use: Roscĭŭs ōrābat sĭbĭ ădessēs ad Pŭtĕal erās Roscius begs you to attend him to-morrow at the Puteal.

§ 185. —An action which is stated or which is treated as a fact is put in the Indicative: vīvō I am alive, făcĭam cum pŏtĕrō I will do it when I can.

§ 186. —An action commanded is put in the Imperative; as, ăbi go away, ăbītō let-him-go away.

§ 187. The Subjunctive Mood differs essentially from the Indicative, and its uses belong to four main kinds or types.