33 This rule is not absolute. Sometimes the distinction is unimportant, and the feeling of the moment often determines the number of the verb.[↑]

34 So I can strike, etc.[↑]

35 So I could strike, etc.[↑]

36 So I can have struck, etc.[↑]

37 So I could have struck, etc.[↑]

38 For the so-called infinitive clause, in which the infinitive has a subject of a peculiar kind, see [§§ 324–328].[↑]

39 After verbs of wishing, etc., they express purpose ([§ 403]); after verbs of believing, etc., they are in indirect discourse ([§ 431]).[↑]

40 The only exceptions are trifling differences in spelling.[↑]

41 Coördinate conjunctions are also called coördinating, and subordinate conjunctions are also called subordinating.[↑]

42 Compare the exclamatory sentence ([§ 3]) and the exclamatory nominative ([§ 88, 4]).[↑]