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In some cases a
change in the order will make a word superfluous:
for example, we write fratres gemini rather than
gemini fratres (twin-brothers), since if gemini came
first, there would be no necessity to add fratres. The
rule which some have sought to enforce that nouns
should precede verbs, and verbs adverbs, while
epithets and pronouns should follow their substantives, is a mere extravagance, since the reverse
order is often adopted with excellent effect.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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