Timeline for Why is there no predicate in "in vino veritas"?
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| Nov 6, 2016 at 18:34 | comment | added | hobbs | @stendarr it could be, as long as it's clear — which it usually isn't, since you mark the verb to change tense or mood, and you can't do that with the verb missing. Still I can imagine scenarios where it would probably work. | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 15:52 | comment | added | technical_difficulty | Can esse also be left out if it's used in the subjunctive? What about the temporal aspects; is the left out esse always in the present or could it be for example in its imperfect? | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 15:40 | history | answered | Draconis♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |