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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Archaic Contractions
I am a novelist writing fantasy and the world I am writing in uses archaic language (not intense, simply for effect). However, I've been unable to find a reference work that has a list of archaic contractions. Does anyone know a source for such a list?
Doug
Doug
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You have not mentioned the period. B. Groom's The Diction of Poetry from Spenser to Bridges (Toronto, 1955) contains a lot.
- You have not mentioned the period.
- B.
- Groom's The Diction of Poetry from Spenser to Bridges (Toronto, 1955) contains a lot.
- Of course, I needn't tell you that the writer should already have that knowledge before he commences his work.
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You have not mentioned the period. B. Groom's The Diction of Poetry from Spenser to Bridges (Toronto, 1955) contains a lot.
Of course, I needn't tell you that the writer should already have that knowledge before he commences his work.
Of course, I needn't tell you that the writer should already have that knowledge before he commences his work.
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I would suggest going to a web site for Garrison Keillor.
I once saw a list of archaic contractions in a book which had a forward by
Mr. Keillor. Now I can't find it.
My grandmother used every one on the list on a regular basis.
I once saw a list of archaic contractions in a book which had a forward by
Mr. Keillor. Now I can't find it.
My grandmother used every one on the list on a regular basis.
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