News of Latin For Beginners by D'Ooge

D'Ooge says that the most important words are the first and the last. An adjective is considered less emphatic placed after the noun (casa mea) if these words are the last two words in a sentence should the adjective be put before the noun if it is desired to keep the adjective less emphatic, due to the fact that the last word does carry a certain amount of emphasis?

The key translates this as: "Not even any of the soldiers has stayed in the camp."

I am having some trouble. Is the genitive "militorum" used along with "castris" -- the soldiers' camp? The word order seems odd, but maybe there is no better alternative if you want to use the "ne... quidem" construction as this exercise does.

I think my problem is that I thought quisquam should correspond with "militorum," that is, it should ...

We are asked to translate the following sentence: "Caesar didn't make an attack on the cavalry on the right wing, did he?"

The key has this as "Num Caesar impetum equitatum a cornu dextro fecit."

This troubles me for several reasons. Firstly, I am sure this is not the translation that D'Ooge intended, because in the special vocabulary for this lesson, "impetus facere in" appears as "make an attack on," exactly as you see in ...

What is the difference between nostrum/nostri and vestrum/vestri? Are they interchangeable?

The answer key: Quaedam animalia celerior sunt quam equus celerrimus. Since animalia is neuter plural should it not be celeria instead of celerior?

Are the English to Latin translation exercises in the answer key the only correct answer as regards word order? Usually my answers coincide with the answer key but occasionally the key will have a sentence with word order which leaves me wondering what the author intends.

Please correct me if im wrong. Is the latin translation of the subject above is "Amor in perpetuum vivit dei gratia"?

I need the correct translation of the subject above. Thanks much for you feedback.

If two or more adjectives modify a noun is the order of the adjectives intended to denote a certain emphasis or is that splitting hairs? Similarly, what about when a noun has both an adjective preceding and one following? Did the ancient Romans ever use different word orders simply for variety and for no other purpose?

I have the Centurion Edition and in the back of the book are many Latin stories. I have not seen any English translations for these readings in the answer key so how can I check the accuracy of my translations?

I have the Centurion Edition and in the back of the book are many Latin stories. I have not seen any English translations for these readings in the answer key so how can I check the accuracy of my translations?