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 * Conditional Statement.
 * Implied Statement.
 * Imperfect.
 * Present.
 * sī vīvĕrĕt, regnāret
 * nōn vīvĭt
 * If he were living, he would be
 * He is not living.
 * Pluperfect.
 * Perfect.
 * sī vīxissĕt, rēgnāssĕt
 * nōn vīxĭt
 * If he had lived (continued alive), he would have reigned.
 * He has not lived,
 * }
 * sī vīxissĕt, rēgnāssĕt
 * nōn vīxĭt
 * If he had lived (continued alive), he would have reigned.
 * He has not lived,
 * }
 * }
 * }

§ 243. (b) Imaginary Suppositions relating to Past Time.—Here the Imperfect Subjunctive corresponds to an Imperfect Indicative in the implied statement, and the Pluperfect Subjunctive to a Perfect-Aorist or Pluperfect Indicative.

§ 244. —The forms of the English and Latin Conditional Statements by no means correspond to each other, and consequently the