Re: Sensible passives (was: confession: roots)
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Thursday, May 10, 2001, 18:38 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> Well, this is a strange thing: I've studied Classical Latin for about 6 years,
> and I never saw such a rule. All texts I've studied (all Classical Latin texts,
> the preferred author in France being Cicero) have _ex_ in all cases. I don't
> know if they have been rewritten, but this rule I really never saw.
Well, the most famous example of that rule is on American money, "E
pluribus unum", "From many, one"
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