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Rh If a Verb is put in the Subjunctive, this shows either:

(A) That it denotes something which is regarded as a thought or feeling, not as a fact (Subjunctive of Thought); or

(B) Something which, though it may be a fact, is dependent upon other facts, or cannot be separated from them (Subjunctive of Dependent Fact) ; or

(C) That it denotes something which the writer does not give on his own authority, but only as a statement of others (Subjunctive of Dependent Statement); or; lastly,

(D) That it depends in grammatical construction on an Infinitive or another Subjunctive (Subjunctive of Grammatical Dependence).

§ 188. —The Subjunctives found in simple sentences all belong to type (A). The Subjunctive expresses either (I) Desire (the Negative is nē), or (II) Imagination or Supposition (the Negative is nōn).

§ 189. I–—This is found—

(1) In Wishes or Hopes: mŏrĭăr may I die! ŭtĭnam nē fēlix sit O that he might not be happy!

(2) In Requests or Commands: nē fēcĕrīs hōc pray do not do this; ăbĕăt let him go away; nē ăbĕăt let him not go away; hōc nē făcĭāmŭs let us not do this.

§ 190. II——hōc vĕlim I could wish this; īnsānum pŭtes you might think him mad or he might be thought mad. See also § 383.

§ 191. —The Subjunctive does not express a command as strongly as the Imperative. Hence abĕăt is