Disputatio:Crystallum
Latest comment: abhinc 16 annos by Neander in topic Neuter accusatives
Neuter accusatives recensere
Re: "the meaning is "many salts, ceramic materials and water...form crystals, but with inverted order"—yeah, but since neuter nouns aren't marked in the accusative, the likelier reading of Crystalla formant is 'Crystals form', and later in the sentence, the reader has to wonder what went wrong. The context has been talking about crystals, and the salts (etc.) come as a surprise, so they shouldn't be the subject. Good prose doesn't zigzag like that, in any language. 'Crystals are X' naturally leads to 'Crystals form'. IacobusAmor 14:23, 6 Ianuarii 2008 (UTC)
- Profecto recte dicis, amice! --Neander 23:10, 5 Aprilis 2008 (UTC)