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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; and, complete list of vocabulary - all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.
| ISBN | 1853997013 | | Pages | 192 | | ISBN13 | 9781853997013
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Weight (grammes) | 290 | | Imprint | Bristol Classical Press | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 18 Jun 2007 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | PA | | Spine width (mm) | 14 | | DEWEY | 808.0471 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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