Agreement
of Verb with Subject.
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2. Where the English says om does one thing, another another, the Latin uses a more condensed form of statement; as,-
altus aliud amat, one likes one thillg, another another ; aliud aliis placet, one tiling pleases some, another others. a.
So sometimes with adverbs; as,alii alio fugiunt, somefiee in one direction, others in another.
3. The Latin also expresses the notion 'each other' by means of alius repeated; as,Galli alius alium cohortatf
sunt, the Gauls encouraged each other.
4. Ceteri means the rest, all the others; as,ceteris praeatar e, to be superior to all the others.
5. Reliqui means tIle others in the sense of tlte rest, those remainz"Jtg, -hence is the regular word with numerals; as,reliqui sex, the six others. 6. Nescio quis forms a compound indefinite pronoun with the force of some one or other ; as,causidicus nescio quis, some pettifogger or other; misit nescio quem, he sent some one or other; nescio quo pacto, somehow or other.
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CHAPTER
V. -
Syntax of Verbs.
AGREEMENT. With
One Subject.
254. I. Agreement in Number and Person. A Finite Verb agrees with its subject in Number and Person; as,vos videtis, you see; pater filios instituit, the father
trains his sons.
Agreement in Gender. In the compound forms of the verb the participle regularly agrees with its subject in gender j as,2.
slยงditio repress a est, the mtltillY was checked.