Help for Ch22 Prose comp 13

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RubyJewell
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Help for Ch22 Prose comp 13

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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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modus.irrealis
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Re: Help for Ch22 Prose comp 13

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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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RubyJewell
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Re: Help for Ch22 Prose comp 13

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Thank you, its so hard to figure out what you're overlooking all on your own, I appriciate the help!
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