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 The first construction is a clause introduced with a time conjunction such as (''d'airbh'' = 'when') and using a finite verb form (i.e. the verb form is used with a subject).
-The second construction is a clause introduced with a preposition (such as ''de, d' '' = 'at, in') followed by the verbal noun which may take a possessive prefix for the subject. Thus the non-finite time clause marks aspect or tense relative to the tense of the main clause rather than absolute tense. It is considered more literary (but speakers wishing to signal sophistication may use it in colloquial speech).
+The second construction is a clause introduced with a preposition (such as ''de, d' '' = 'at, in') followed by the verbal noun which may take a possessive prefix for the subject. Thus the non-finite time clause marks aspect or tense relative to the tense of the main clause rather than absolute tense. Non-finite time clauses are considered a little more literary than finite time clauses.
 ===Infinitive clauses===