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History of English, for no credit

The month and next, I’m walking through my current WIP (work-in-progress), scene by scene, and then line by line and, ideally, word by word. The story is set in England in 1815, and I need to rein in my modern-English tendencies. “Felicitations” is OK (first used in 1628), but not “sugarcoat” (1858), though it is [...]

Posted 30 March 2009 † nickyp § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

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