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Old 10-21-2006, 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by RRAdam
does similis declare an understood "i am"? I would think thats what you want... but just the phrase "similar to a machine" sounds fine too - just that latin doesnt like incomplete sentences. I guess what you have works, but yes, in latin, you need the singular genitive ending, which would be ae. I SERIOUSLY doubt that anyone would notice that.... I know i probably wouldnt even notice it without you mentioning it... and its not exactly incorrect in that its already an incomplete sentence anyway. Either way - its incredibly easy to fix
Yea see I was a little confused on that, so I poked around here and talked to the latin professor. He's the one who gave me the translation I got tattoo'd, which is just 'similar to a machine' not necesserally stating I am.
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