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Re: Latin

Didn't anybody realize that "disputandem" is absolutely wrong? It should be the neuter
form of the verbal adjective, "disputandum".

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Paolo Cavallo " I am a teacher at heart, and
there are moments in the classroom
when I can hardly hold the joy. "
P. J. Palmer, 1998
paolo.cavallo@iperbole.bologna.it
http://www.alberghetti.it/paolo.cavallo/pc.htm
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernard Cleyet" <georgeann@REDSHIFT.COM>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 5:15 AM
Subject: Re: Latin


"John S. Denker" wrote:

de gustibus non est disputandem
Mr Stevens is yelling at me across the decades:
de gustibus non disputandem est! The verb goes at the end......;-)

In proverbs and such, in Latin, it is traditional to omit trivial verbs
entirely.