Jan 12, 2015 · I am curious about the Latin grammar, and what is the situation now about its use in English. In China, students think it’s normal to learn English grammar, and use the grammar to …

Mar 12, 2023 · I have found some books in Latin but mostly in its grammar. I have also asked about way to build Latin vocabulary on Latin stacked change site. What books are recommended for Greek …

Jan 12, 2015 · 2 "Substantive" is the traditional Latin term for the word class that in English is called noun. "Nominal" (or, better, "nominal group") is the term that is used by some linguists for "noun …

In itself and of itself are loan translations from Latin in se and per se. In the fields of philosophy and law these have very precise technical meanings, and the combined phrase in and of itself should be left …

Oct 5, 2020 · For Latin I can recommend Allen and Greenough, New Latin Grammar, Bennet, New Latin Grammar, (which were "new" in the late 1800s) and Woodcock, A New Latin Syntax (1959).

Jul 3, 2017 · In the phrase "Like father, like son" what part-of-speech is each "like"? Just in case somebody asks, I am aware of the meaning, thank you, I'm interested in the grammar.

This rule was taken from Latin, and that is probably the rule that you were taught. However, imposing rules of Latin grammar on English usage is nonsense. Sometimes it is correct to end a sentence with …

Sep 20, 2020 · It is said that Old English and Middle English spelling was phonetic but over time letters were either added or removed from words to resemble more closely their Latin origins; e.g., dette …

Feb 9, 2021 · Visa, like many other neutral gender Latin words with a singular ending in -um, is the plural form of visum. Visas is thus the plural form of the plural form, comparable to mouse - mice - …

Jan 30, 2021 · In Latin it is an idiom "by heads" and so in idioms borrowed from Latin, the Latin plural is used. As it is an idiom the question of whether "capita" is singular or plural never occured to me. It is …