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'Latin phrases everyone should know'

I've just come across this site. Everyone? Should? (Certainly, people who use them should be able to spell them and know what they mean.). Why they're good they often say more accurately what is meant; Cogito ergo sum, for example, has the philosophical advantage (over the English translation) of not having a pre-existing subject ‐ it is the ing that creates the subject they are the key to more vocabulary. Carpe diem ‐'carpal tunnel', post mortem ‐ 'mortal'... they are un- ambiguous: 'Time…

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