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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote in [personal profile] truepenny 2007-10-17 12:08 am (UTC)

(Ne facias; nec is "neither / nor.") There is no distinction in Latin between the second person formal and familiar—as you asked about—but noli + infinitive is a direct order, while the subjunctive is more politely put; may you not rather than don't you dare.

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