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An interesting quirk of the US education system is that Latin is the only place most children ever learn formal grammar -- I never learned anything about subjun
by bpodgursky 6y ago
An interesting quirk of the US education system is that Latin is the only place most children ever learn formal grammar -- I never learned anything about subjunctives, the accusative case, intransitive verbs or the like in an English class.
To be honest, I probably would have been fine without it (like the vast majority of US students who don't learn Latin). But it was certainly an interesting insight into English grammar structure in a way I would have missed otherwise.
- irrational 6y agoI never had the chance to take Latin in school, but I became interested in historical languages later in life (I’ve self-studied middle egyptian, neo-Babylonian, and Greek) and found the following book to be very helpful. Understanding Language: A Guide for Beginning Students of Greek and Latin https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0813218667/ https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0813218667/