SIDSPACE is a

mnemonic A mnemonic ( ) device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) in the human memory for better understanding. Mnemonics make use of elaborative encoding, retrieval cues, and imag ...

used in remembering which

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

preposition Prepositions and postpositions, together called adpositions (or broadly, in traditional grammar, simply prepositions), are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (''in'', ''under'', ''towards'', ''before'') or mark various ...

s take the

ablative In grammar, the ablative case (pronounced ; sometimes abbreviated ) is a grammatical case for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in the grammars of various languages; it is sometimes used to express motion away from something, among other uses. T ...

case. SIDSPACE stands for the following prepositions: sub (during), in (at), de (about), sine (without), pro (before), ab (after), cum (with), and ex (from).Ablative case review
Clifford Broeniman, Latin 1, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies. Accessed on line December 23, 2007.Ridgewood High School Latin I Curriculum- 12/05
Accessed on line December 23, 2007. Although not all of these words take the

case in every context, all of them do take it some of the time. For example, 'in' takes the

case when expressing location, as in "He is in Italy," but takes the

accusative case The accusative case (abbreviated ) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. In the English language, the only words that occur in the accusative case are pronouns: 'me,' 'him,' 'her,' 'us,' and ‘the ...

when it is expressing motion, such as "He went into Italy." The mnemonic omits some of the less common prepositions, which are included in the rhyme: :''A'', ''ab'', ''absque'', ''coram'', ''de'', :''palam'', ''clam'', ''cum'', ''ex'' or ''e'', :''sine'', ''tenus'', ''pro'' and ''prae''. :''Sub'', ''subter'', ''super'', ''in'' beside :when state not motion is implied. A second version goes as follows: :''A'', ''ab'', ''absque'', ''coram'', ''de'', :''palam'', ''clam'', ''cum'', ''ex'' or ''e'', :''sine'', ''tenus'', ''pro'' and ''prae'' :Govern the ablative every day. :To these, if ''rest at'' is intended, :''In'', ''sub'', ''super'', must be appended. {''Sub'' means ''under'' and ''super'' means ''above''.) A third version is as follows: :A, ab, absque, coram, de, :Palam, clam, cum, ex and e, :Sine, tenus, pro and prae :Plus super, subter, sub and in :When rest not motion 'tis you mean.

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