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Description

A completely new guide to writing Latin from scratch, this user-friendly book includes key features such as:

broad coverage – all the major grammatical constructions of the Latin language are covered, reinforcing what students have learnt from reading Latin;

thorough accessible explanations – no previous experience of writing in Latin assumed;

hundreds of examples – clear accurate illustrations of the constructions described, all with full translations;

over six hundred practice sentences – graduated exercises leading students through three levels of difficulty from elementary to advanced level;

introduction to Latin word order – a brief guide to some of the most important principles;
and,
longer passages for practising continuous prose composition – more challenging passages to stretch the most able students.

It also includes features such as:

commentaries on examples of Latin prose style – passages from great Latin prose writers focus attention on imitating real Latin usage;
and,
complete list of vocabulary – all the words needed for the exercises and a valuable reference for English-Latin work in general.