5.6 subordinate clauses

This chapter deals only with the choice of tense in main clauses.

Sometimes, the point in time that a clause relates to is not indicated by an adjunct, but by a subordinate clause. Subordinate clauses of time are introduced by conjunctions which refer to time, such as 'since', 'until', 'before' and 'after'.

For information about the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause, see paragraph 8.9.