I was on the Grex site and one of the li
" Quid sit Grex noster perhumaniter ac dilucide a sodale Victorio Ciarrocchi Pisaurensi explicatur."
Why didn't they write "Quid est?"
Quid sit vs Quid est?
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Re: Quid sit vs Quid est?
Because it's an indirect/reported question on account of "is explained".
Quià est quaestio obliqua prae "explicatur" verbo principale.
Quià est quaestio obliqua prae "explicatur" verbo principale.
I'm writing in Latin hoping for correction, and not because I'm confident in how I express myself. Latinè scribo ut ab omnibus corrigar, non quod confidenter me exprimam.
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Re: Quid sit vs Quid est?
Salve Adriane et gratias tibi ago.
Ego hanc rem iam intellego.
Ego hanc rem iam intellego.