by Dwane | Jul 28, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Yesterday I asked, “Can you think of any English words that derive from the Latin word, caput?” A few of you took a stab at it. Just like a little league baseball game, no one struck out. You guessed cap, capitulate, capital, capitol, and decapitate (ewww.) You are...
by Dwane | Jul 27, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
The Latin word caput means, head. When a Roman wanted to use the prepositional phrase, “of the head,” he would use the word capitis. Capitis is the “genitive” form of the word caput. I mention this for a simple reason. The genitive spelling of a Latin word often...
by Dwane | Jul 25, 2015 | Ebook, English, Greek, Latin
I posted nothing on my site yesterday. I posted nothing because I was busy. Later, I was depressed. This fall I am teaching a vocabulary class. In the class, we will study the great grandchildren of Latin and Greek. We will study the English words spawned by their...
by Dwane | Jul 25, 2015 | Education, English
Clear writing. If you can write well, you will go further. We all know this is true. You will score higher in school and university. In one of my favorite books, The Loom of Language, Fredrick Bodmer reminds us: “Good English, well spoken and well written will...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2015 | Education, English, Latin, Vocabulary
Last minute book change: If you are in the online vocabulary class, do not order the book. I have been reading it again and there are simply too many sexual innuendos. I am going to look for another book. Terribly disappointed as this book is a rather entertaining way...
by Dwane | Jul 23, 2015 | Education, English, Greek, Latin, Vocabulary
During this class, we will read through all of Word Power Made Easy, by Norman Lewis. 90% of the multi-syllable words in English derive directly from Latin. In other words, 90% of our “big” words are the children of Latin. Much of our scientific and medical...
