I’m working through a passage and I have to identify verbs, their forms and their subject and object.
I’m having trouble with a side comment: “neque erat difficile scire” (and it was not difficult to know)
I know that my main verb is erat and the object is the predicate adjective difficile. So that suggests to me that “erat” is a copulative (linking) verb with an internal subject. Or is this an impersonal verb? Or is there another term for this kind of construction.
Ah, my “problem” was that I wasn’t aware that an infinitive could function as a subject. Just because you found it simple doesn’t mean everybody else does.
Thank you for the help though. Makes much more sense.
I agree. We are all at different levels of understanding or learning, and what may seem simple to one person may appear very complex to another. There is no utility in a dismissive type of response. It limits discussion and sets up barriers for asking questions, to the detriment of us all.