Latin vs Greek?

tokenadult
Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:41:57 +0000

As coureur pointed out, Latin is a dead language. And that’s why teachers of Latin can confidently proclaim “rules” of grammar that fit the limited corpus of texts that have survived via hand-copying from the ancient world (but even then with many exceptions to the rules). Latin teachers don’t have to deal with native speakers of a language making up new idiomatic sentences that don’t fit school rules.