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Voytaszek Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Why without the articles here?

At his hip hung longsword and dirk.

  

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It's a literary and old-fashioned form of English. It's very uncommon.

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  • It's a literary and old-fashioned form of English.
  • It's very uncommon.
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It's a literary and old-fashioned form of English. It's very uncommon.

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His hand is on the hilt of the longsword, hidden behind his body; the dirk is visible hanging from a scabbard. This is not the kind of attire that one would wear to the office these days.

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