Apropos of nothing at all, here's a
long list of usage errors I came across while researching what is probably the
most distinctive mistake from amateur fantasy games and writing. Here, the
second most distinctive. Some of these solecisms have a certain wit: "
old-timer's disease," "
trite and true," "
soup du jour of the day." Others are all too familiar from people trying to write
Olde English or confusing
Greek, English and Spanish. And one that is
near and dear to my heart.
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That's "Olde", not Old, Beowulf. |
Speaking of Olde English, here is how to use terms like
"thee" and "thou" correctly.
Any other recurrent mistakes in genre writing I missed?
How about "rouge" as in, "A rouge may be able to find the trap..." Wouldn't that be the thief's job? Is a "rouge" a French Communist? Or a sexy dancer from 'The Moulin Rouge"?
ReplyDelete"Rouge" ... of course! Good catch.
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