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Give three different ways of expressing purpose in Latin?

In the English language, we have two ways of expressing purpose: 'to' and 'so that'. Examples: I am walking to the shop to buy some milk; I am walking to the shop so that I may buy some milk. However, in Lat...
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Answered by Katie M. • Latin tutor
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What is the difference between a direct object pronoun and indirect object pronoun?

A direct object pronoun is used after a subject and a verb in a sentence, conveying who/what is carrying out the action portrayed. i.e Anna was eating the cookies. In this sentence, "Anna" is the s...
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Answered by Helena M. • Italian tutor
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How to form the passato prossimo?

Passato prossimo is a past tense that describes an action that has happened and is now over, i.e. a complete action. Example : il mercoledi sono andata a scuola - on Wed I went to school (happened once and i...
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Answered by Lizzy L. • Italian tutor
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Rationalise the denominator of the fraction 3/sqrt(5)

In order to rationalise the denominator we need to get rid of the surd (square-root) on the bottom of the fraction. To do this, we can multiply the denominator by sqrt(5). But we must notice that to keep the...
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Answered by Murray M. • Maths tutor
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Does the function y=x^3+x+(x^2+1)e^x have a horizontal tangent?

We want to determine whether a function has a tangent which is horizontal. To answer the question we need to know what a horizontal tangent to a function means. A tangent to a graph of a function is a line w...
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Answered by Daniel E. • Maths tutor
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