Pressure relief ball

[Chris KC]

Nick, I always thought that the ablative case was a matter of declension rather than conjugation.

I'm no cunning linguist, however I do have a very vivid memory of a giant of a man swinging his arm in a massive circle whilst bellowing out "nominative, vocative, accusative, generative, dative, ablative..." and us all chanting back "amo, amas, amat..." beyond that is lost in the mists of time.

I'm fairly certain conjugation is the term for varying the endings of a verb according to person (I, you (singular), they (singular) we, you (plural) they (plural), where as declension is what one does when one finally arrives at one's destination and can finally take relief in the conveniences.

To steal a line form another forumnist, "I'll get my hat"

That sounds uncannily like the late Aubrey Scrace - or were they all taught that approach at teacher college?