Author: Thomas Fleming

Uses of the subjunctive, a compound verb or two. 10 more pages. Feedback requested before proceeding further

The title is ambiguous.  In ordinary classical Latin, confiteor means something like to acknowledge and error and/or  concede a point as true.  Ecclesiastical writers used it to mean something like “profess the faith.”  Augustine, always the rhetorician–no matter how he strove to distance himself from his secular profession, plays upon both senses.

A Lexicon of words and expressions to eliminate from your vocabulary

First, I want to hear how you did with the first ten pages of Delitto.  Any problems?  Is ten pages too much or too little for one week. You should be aiming for at least 100 pages per week eventually, so as you feel more confident, let me know the rate at which you want to read.