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name	TimLymington
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I live in Lymington, Hampshire, and work in the Law Courts, which may have made my English slightly pedantic. I realize that Americans and other ex-colonials labour under a disadvantage, and regard it as an holy duty to assist them in speaking (and thinking) clearly.

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Latin Language & Usage: There are two very different published translations of Seneca's phrase 'Neptune, numquam hanc navem nisi rectam'. Is one better, and why the change?

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