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    From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Dallas Hinton on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 14:36:24
    Dallas Hinton:

    Apart from the fact that it's fantasy fiction and
    therefore breaks many rules with impunity, I think this
    a way of generalizing a thing.

    Fantasy can violate realism, but why should it break the
    rules of grammar? The best fantasy writers -- Erick Rucker
    Eddison, Clack Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, Tolkien -- all
    had exquisite grammar.

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  • From Anton Shepelev@2:221/6 to Anton Shepelev on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 15:25:04
    I miswrote:

    Erick Rucker Eddison, Clack Ashton Smith

    Eric Rucker Eddison, Clark Ashton Smith.

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    * Origin: nntps://fidonews.mine.nu - Lake Ylo - Finland (2:221/6.0)
  • From Dallas Hinton@1:153/7715 to Anton Shepelev on Wednesday, July 03, 2019 14:34:56
    Hi Anton -- on Jul 03 2019 at 14:36, you wrote:

    Fantasy can violate realism, but why should it break the
    rules of grammar? The best fantasy writers -- Erick Rucker
    Eddison, Clack Ashton Smith, Lord Dunsany, Tolkien -- all
    had exquisite grammar.

    They may have had exquisite grammar themselves, but many of their characters did not, and therefore when their characters' speech is written it may appear in error.

    Cheers... Dallas

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