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Old 01-27-2009, 02:02 PM
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winnie12
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one other practical thing - sometimes with latin terms if you look up the origin and definition you can find a similar word in the english languge that sounds like it.

Here's an example:

et sequentes meaning "and the following." commonly used to include numbered lists, pages or sections after the first number is stated. Sequentes sounds a lot like Sequential which has an extremely similar meaning.

et alii means and the others. "alii" sounds and looks like "all"

little tricks i've used to remember what latin terms mean in my job.
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