Today’s Quintilian: 8.6.24-25

XXIV. Quod fit retrorsum durius. Refert autem in quantum hic tropos oratorem sequatur. Nam ut “Vulcanum” pro igne vulgo audimus et “vario Marte pugnat

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Today’s Quintilian: 8.6.23

XXIII. Nec procul ab hoc genere discedit metonymia, quae est nominis pro nomine positio, [cuius vis est pro eo quod dicitur causam propter quam dicitu

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Jargon

This is just a note to ask if any teachers out there feel that ‘professionalism’ obscures a lot of common sense. I’m just starting out, but so much of

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