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Etaoin Shrdlu
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If Bill Bryson can get away with his books on language, full of unsourced claims for the very good reason that they're inaccurate, your expectations may exceed reality.
I think you are right, I am probably too old. I just had a look on Amazon at "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome" and found that it does not contain a single reference.If Bill Bryson can get away with his books on language, full of unsourced claims for the very good reason that they're inaccurate, your expectations may exceed reality.
Did you see the "Further Reading" section? It contains sources for every chapter (sure, they're not organized by footnote/endnote, but she gives a brief description of where she found what piece of information).I think you are right, I am probably too old. I just had a look on Amazon at "SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome" and found that it does not contain a single reference.
Thanks, I must have missed it.Did you see the "Further Reading" section? It contains sources for every chapter (sure, they're not organized by footnote/endnote, but she gives a brief description of where she found what piece of information).
Live by the Foma.
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(ha, I tried to type "live" at the beginning and accidentally typed "Livy", then corrected it)
You know you're a Latin/Greek junkie when your first reaction upon seeing this typo is, "Oh, a Greek accusative."Bonan fortunam!
I didn't notice that (clearly!) when I posted, but now that you've drawn it to my attention, I know exactly what kind of typo it is. 'Bonan' is an Esperanto accusative, and it rather annoys me to see how it has crept into my Latin thinking. I must be wary of that happening again.Terry S. dixit: ↑
Bonan fortunam!You know you're a Latin/Greek junkie when your first reaction upon seeing this typo is, "Oh, a Greek accusative."
Ah, interesting. I figured your finger just slipped (since 'n' is beside 'm').'Bonan' is an Esperanto accusative
I think every language (at least IE/IE-based ones) has accusatives. You probably mean declined accusatives.There are accusatives in Esperanto, when they've simplified everything else?
Is it meaningful to talk about there being accusatives of English nouns when the only inflections are singular, plural and possessive? Case is certainly an alien concept in Chinese.I think every language (at least IE/IE-based ones) has accusatives. You probably mean declined accusatives.
Good question. Well, some cases (e.g. dative) are generally indicated by prepositions in English, whereas genitives are indicated by a marker of possession; and though everyone might not actively make the "who"/"whom" distinction in their own speaking or writing, most native speakers can understand it when they see it. So I think one could make a good argument for the idea that the case system still exists (on some level) in English, albeit much reduced.Is it meaningful to talk about there being accusatives of English nouns when the only inflections are singular, plural and possessive?