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5.50
ne and non are adverbs: but he who says non feceris in lieu of ne feceris, is guilty of a similar mistake, since one negative denies, while the other forbids. Further intro and intus are adverbs of place, but eo intus and intro sum are solecisms.
5.51
Similar errors may be committed in connexion with the various kinds of pronouns, interjections and prepositions. It is also a solecism The meaning of this passage is uncertain, but the solecism in question is probably an anacoluthon. if there is a disagreement between what precedes and what follows within the limits of a single clause.
5.52
Some phrases have all the appearance of a solecism and yet cannot be called faulty; take for instance phrases such as tragoedia Thyestes or ludi Floralia and Megalensia Where strict grammar would require tragoedia Thyestis, ludi Florales, Megalenses. The normal usage would be simply to say Thyestes, Floralia, Megalensia. : although these are never found in later times, they are the rule in ancient writers. We will therefore style them figures and, though their use is more frequent in poets, will not deny their employment even to orators.
5.53
Figures however will generally have some justification, as I shall show in a later portion of this work, which I promised you a little while back. I. iv. 24. The promise is fulfilled in Book IX. I must however point out that a figure, if used unwittingly, will be a solecism.
