Correlatives
Certain adverbs and conjunctions, in comparison or antithesis, require the use of corresponding adverbs and conjunctions. Such corresponding words are called correlatives. The following are the principle ones in use in English:
as ...as
not merely ... but also
as ... so
not merely ... but even
both ... and
so ... as
if ... then
so ... that
either ... or
such ... as
neither ... nor
such ... that
not only ... but
though ... yet
not only ... but also
when ... then
not only ... but even
where ... there
not merely ... but
whether ... or
In Latin such phrases are usually clear to spot through the patterns they form:
| Demonstrative | Relative | Interrogative | Indefinite | Indefinite Relative | |
| marker | t- | qu- / c- | qu- | aliqu- | doubled / -cumque |
| -antus | tantus: so much, great | quantus: as much, great | quantus?: how much, great? | aliquantus: some | quantuscumque: however much, great |
| -alis | talis: such, of such a kind | qualis: as | qualis?: of what kind? | qualiscumque: of some sort | |
| -um | tum: then | cum: when | quando?: when? | aliquando: sometimes | quandocumque: whenever |
| -ot | tot: so many | quot: as many | quot?: how many? | aliquot: some | quotquot: however many |
| -otiens | totiens: so often | quotiens: as often | quotiens?: how often? | aliquotiens: sometimes | quotienscumque: however often |
Other useful vocabulary:
| ita | thus, in such a way |
| sic | thus |
| adeo | thus |
