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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Diction of the novels written a century or more ago
Are the syntax, general grammar rules, and diction, in particular, of the novels written a century or more ago changed to meet the every-changing standards in the language? Actually some days ago I read a few pages of Bram Stoker's Dracula and it didn't sound that much old! Please guide me.
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Hi, No, that would be extremely unusual. Clive
- Hi, No, that would be extremely unusual.
- Clive
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CliveHi,No, that would be extremely unusual.CliveSo, they don't change anything. Then, how would you interpret the meanings of the words found in the novels written centuries ago which sometimes couldn't even be found in the dictionaries? Please let me know. Thanks.
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Language doesn't change THAT quickly.
I had a very difficult time with The Canterbury Tales, because Middle English is quite different from Modern English. While I may wonder at some of the slang used in novels set more than 100 years ago, the grammar rarely changes. I can read Shakespeare easily, and he's quite a bit before Stoker.
Sometimes versions of classic books that are
I had a very difficult time with The Canterbury Tales, because Middle English is quite different from Modern English. While I may wonder at some of the slang used in novels set more than 100 years ago, the grammar rarely changes. I can read Shakespeare easily, and he's quite a bit before Stoker.
Sometimes versions of classic books that are
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Grammar GeekLanguage doesn't change THAT quickly.I had a very difficult time with The Canterbury Tales, because Middle English is quite different from Modern English. While I may wonder at some of the slang used in novels set more than 100 years ago, the grammar rarely changes. I can read Shakespeare easily, and he's quite a bit before Stoker. Sometimes v
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