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Latin Grammar Tips

Saturday February 28, 2004
Today's Latin Grammar tip is on the sequence of tenses in indirect discourse. In English, we often use the word "that" to show that we are not directly quoting. The Romans used an accusative subject plus an infinitive.
Sequence of Tenses

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