the phrase 'I do not doubt' is usually followed by and a subjunctive verb, in the same way as an indirect question: (Curtius) 'nor did they doubt that the king himself had been killed' The construction with can also be used after other negative phrases: (Caesar) 'nor is the suspicion absent that he planned his own death' In the following example, however, is followed by : (Pliny the Younger) 'for I am sure that you won't be able to put (the book) down once you have picked it up' with the indicative Another way of expressing the English conjunction 'that...' is to use a -clause, with the indicative. This is found whenever the meaning is 'the fact that...'; for example: (Cicero) 'that he (Regulus) returned seems marvellous to us' is also used after verbs of adding or omitting: (Cicero) 'I pass over the fact that he chose that house for himself' It is also found after verbs of emotion such as 'I am glad that', 'I am sorry that', 'it turned out well that' and so on: (Cicero) 'I'm sorry that you're angry now' with the subjunctive In later Latin, with the subjunctive could substitute for the accusative an infinitive in indirect statement, though this did not become common until the second century AD: (De Bello Hispaniensi) 'the ambassadors reported that they had Pompey in their power' (Vulgate Bible) 'and God saw that it was good' This type of clause with (which became in modern French, Portuguese, and Spanish and in Italian, and in Romanian) gradually took over from the accusative and infinitive construction and became the usual way of expressing indirect speech in modern Romance languages which are descended from Latin. and In post-classical Latin, the conjunction , which means 'because' in classical Latin, could also be used to introduce an indirect statement. They are usually used with the indicative mood: (Vulgate Bible) 'you have heard that it was said to the ancients "thou shalt not kill".' (Vulgate Bible) 'we know that his testimony is true' The conjunction 'since', can also introduce an indirect statement: (Vulgate Bible) 'for it is written that Abraham had two sons' (Vulgate Bible) 'he denies, (saying) that Jesus is not Christ' The Greek word () which and translate also means 'because' or 'that'. This construction is found even in the classical period in Petronius, who satirises the bad grammar and incorrect speech of lower-class