User:Helen Godshall/Notepad/'Dico' V.S. 'Esset ab eo'
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| Note title | 'Dico' V.S. 'Esset ab eo' |
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| Page(s) link(s) | Page:FC 1042.djvu/182 |
This variant on the subordinate clause changes the meaning. 'Sicut dico' means Just as I say, while 'sicut esset ab eo' means as it was from there'. Both are gramatically possible, but one references the speaker and the other references a location.
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