Wheelock's FAQ chapter 34

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Wheelock's FAQ chapter 34: Questions

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Category: Practice/Repetition sentences (PR's)
PR16	In WH chapt 34, PR 16 there is the phrase "we would not have dared to put the weapons on the ships." I used 'arma in naves' [acc. pl] >but most other folks used abl. pl. 'in' with acc. seems to me to = >into, hence my choice of acc. comments, please.

Wheelock's FAQ chapter 34: Answers

Category: Practice/Repetition sentences (PR's)
PR16:	In WH chapt 34, PR 16 there is the phrase "we would not have dared to put the weapons on the ships." I used 'arma in naves' [acc. pl] >but most other folks used abl. pl. 'in' with acc. seems to me to = >into, hence my choice of acc. comments, please.
A:	Accusative of Limit of Motion isn't really something you can use with "put", not easily anyhow. It would put the emphasis on the motion, on the movement of the weapons from somewhere else to the ships.

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