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To: spunkets
Non est is backwards and meaningless

Have you ever studied Latin? I had a year in high school and two in college, finishing up by reading Ovid and Cicero. The first thing you learn about Latin is that, unlike English, Latin does not use word order to indicate meaning or parts of speech; it uses inflected endings.

"Non est" means "he/she/it is not". "Est non" means "he/she/it is not".

84 posted on 04/01/2007 3:38:11 PM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Campion
" Have you ever studied Latin?"

None before this thread. Thanks for the info. Have a blessed Palm Sunday.

86 posted on 04/01/2007 3:42:11 PM PDT by spunkets ("Freedom is about authority", Rudy Giuliani, gun grabber)
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