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by RubyJewell » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:43 pm
The sentence in English is "His new hopes had been destroyed by the common fear of uncertain things."
Benissimus translated "communi metu" I translated it "commune metu"
Does anyone know why I am wrong?
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by modus.irrealis » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:48 pm
Third declension adjectives generally follow the pattern of the i-stem nouns, so the ablative ends in long -i instead of -e.
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by RubyJewell » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:02 pm
Thank you, its so hard to figure out what you're overlooking all on your own, I appriciate the help!
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