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Re: Weekly Vocab #1.1.1 (repost #1)

From:Elliott Lash <erelion12@...>
Date:Friday, August 25, 2006, 21:24
Charlie,
 Which site was that, because googled too and it
confirmed what Henrik said ... making me doubt myself.
I'd love to be confirmed...
 -Elliott

--- caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
wrote:

> >> Elliott Lash wrote: > > >> Is it not a rule of Latin grammar that Neuter > Plurals > >> can be used with a singular verb, since the -a > comes > >> from a collective plural marker....perhaps > related to > >> the feminine singular nominative -a. > > > Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote: > > > No, I just did not pay attention, sorry. I think > Greek has the > > type of agreement Elliott describes, but I don't > know whether it > > was found in Latin. I should probably correct the > line for the > > next post on next Friday then. > > I did some googling (it took me a while) but finally > found a site > that confirms what Elliott said. My hasty mistake. > No need to > correct the line, Henrik. > > However, I do wonder if this was an obligatory > agreement or if > either singular or plural could be used. > > Charlie >
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