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pmda
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Does this look right

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Orberg LLPSI Cap. XXI has:

8. Quomodo Marcus matrem fallit?

To which I have written:

Id quod a Sexto scriptum est Marcus ipsum scriptum fuisse dicit.

I'm not sure about 'ipsum'. Should I have written 'se scriptum fuisse...' Or are they both wrong / right?

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Both are wrong, I reckon, pmda. "Ab ipso" it should be.
Utrum, pmda, falsum est. Magis "ab ipso", nisi fallor.
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Or you could just reword:

Mārcus dīcit sē ipsum scrīpsisse id quod Sextus scrīpsit.
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Thanks. I didn't think it was right. I was just seeing if I'd god to grips with syntax etc... clearly not yet!

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Have you seen this dedicated forum to LLPSI?
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=11400

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