Grammar

Every writer has their quirks and foibles, and one of my grammatical sins is relying on an abundance of run-on sentences — but I have a good reason for it. Throughout high school and a bit of college, I took Latin classes. After getting a firm foundation in grammar and

vocabulary basics, we moved into translating poetry and prose. Latin prose is notorious for especially lengthy sentences. The long sentences composed by Roman scholar and statesman Cicero are a rite of passage for Latin students, with examples full of digressions and overlapping clauses and multiple verb tenses. After being immersed...