Dialogue

 1 Euthyd|      dictation is a dictation of letters?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And you know letters?’ ‘
 2 Euthyd|   letters?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘And you know letters?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Then you learn
 3 Euthyd|          before.~Do you not know letters?~He assented.~All letters?~
 4 Euthyd|        letters?~He assented.~All letters?~Yes.~But when the teacher
 5 Euthyd|         you, does he not dictate letters?~To this also he assented.~
 6 Euthyd|   assented.~Then if you know all letters, he dictates that which
 7 Euthyd|        he only who does not know letters learns?~Nay, said Cleinias;
 8 Euthyd|        know, if you know all the letters?~He admitted that.~Then,
 9 Euthyd| fortunate in writing and reading letters?~Certainly.~Amid the dangers
10 Euthyd|      unambiguous, as in “knowing letters.” “Knowing” and “letters”
11 Euthyd|         letters.” “Knowing” and “letters” are perhaps separately
12 Euthyd|        may imply either that the letters are known, or that they