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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" -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42