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Entry: Useful Latin Phrases - Part One - A25371326
Author: flicky1991 - U7845052

This is part one of a series of articles on speaking in classical Latin. This part focuses on introducing oneself.

Hi Flicky!

We already have an entry "Handy Latin Phrases" A218882 in the Guide, so yours would probably be better as an update to that one, rather than a separate Entry.

I have already seen this article, but decided to keep them separate on the grounds that the older article is for use between Latin enthusiasts, and many of the phrases would be meaningless to a Roman. My article, on the other hand, is to be used when speaking Latin as a language, and to have conversations in it, rather than to slip Latin comments into a conversation. Do you really find the old entry that similar to mine?

No, it's not really similar, but the titles are almost the same which will lead to confusion. There's a rule that there should only be one Entry in the Guide about each topic, so it has to be clear from the title that this is a separate topic.

I've edited it now. Does it look better?

Yes, that's better.

As an Entry, this leaves me wanting. Essentially it is a list of phrases and translations without any supporting text, and given that not many of us own a time machine, most of your readers will have no use for the information.

I can't think of any suggestions to give you, but this just isn't very filling.

Author hasn't attended this Entry in over two months. Nominate return to Entry.

GB
Scout

Seconded.

Thanks, added to email

The reason I haven't visited the article is because it didn't let me log in!

That's okay. You can make whatever improvements you like to it, then re-submit it to Peer Review any time.