Sophia’s Visions, Part 21. Four emperors at once, the Edict on Maximum Prices, the siege of Alexandria in 297–298 and the column that still stands by the Serapeum. A C1 English lesson on advanced quantifiers, with a gamebook.
Alexandria · the 754th year since the founding of Rome · 1 CE
Sophia’s Visions, Part 21 · Advanced quantifiers: each, every, either, neither, few, a few, none of · C1
Think first. Can a government control prices by law? What happens when it tries?
While you read, notice the small words that say how many: each of the four, neither of them, few people, the whole city.
Philo: “Marcos was complaining about prices again. That afternoon the conversation went further than any of us expected. Read it.”
“Every week,” said Marcos, slamming a loaf of bread on the table, “every single week, the price goes up. This loaf cost two obols last spring. Now it’s three. Somebody should make a law.”
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