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Writing Latin in Bloomington, MN
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A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as:
broad coverage
- all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;
thorough accessible explanations
- no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;
hundreds of examples
- clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;
over six hundred practice sentences
- graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level;
introduction to Latin word order
- a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and,
longer passages for practising continuous prose composition
- more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.
It also includes features such as:
commentaries on examples of Latin prose style
- passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
complete list of vocabulary
- all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.
broad coverage
- all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;
thorough accessible explanations
- no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;
hundreds of examples
- clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;
over six hundred practice sentences
- graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level;
introduction to Latin word order
- a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and,
longer passages for practising continuous prose composition
- more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.
It also includes features such as:
commentaries on examples of Latin prose style
- passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
complete list of vocabulary
- all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.