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The most poignant of these inclusions is the pairing of three cloud studies in oil on paper by John Constable from the early 1820s with four watercolor cloud studies by Luke Howard, a British chemist who in 1803 first proposed a Latinate classification for clouds, a system still in use today.
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Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
While Italian is the island’s official language, Sardinians also speak a separate Latinate language that most Italians struggle to understand.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Another study says Latinate words trip up spellers most often – not surprising, since Latin is the source for much of our technical language and elevated diction.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2023
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Red Cameron, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
While Italian is the island’s official language, Sardinians also speak a separate Latinate language that most Italians struggle to understand.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Another study says Latinate words trip up spellers most often – not surprising, since Latin is the source for much of our technical language and elevated diction.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2023
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“Latinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Latinate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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