Clauses of Result may be used substantively, (1) as the object of faciō etc. (§ 568 ); (2) as the subject of these same verbs in the passive, as well as of other verbs and verbal phrases (§ 569 ); (3) in apposition with another substantive, or as predicate nominative etc. (see §§ 570 , 571). In all these cases the clause is not strictly subject or object. The main verb originally conveyed a meaning sufficient in itself, and the result clause was merely complementary. This is seen by the frequent use of ita and the like with the main verb ( ita accidit ut , etc.). In like manner purpose clauses are only apparently subject or object of the verb with which they are connected.

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