Sentences with phrase «latin as a schoolboy»

The author began his study of Latin as a schoolboy in London, studied ancient history at Oxford University and worked as a Latin tutor before becoming a journalist.

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In today's New York Times there's a really good Op - Ed piece, «Clause and Effect» by Adam Freedman, that takes us through the role that these and other commas might play, and is, I'm fairly certain, the only journalistic piece I've ever read that brings up the Latin ablative absolute, one of the banes of my existence as a schoolboy.