Claire Keegan, James Wood, and Words Belonging to Characters
“This isn’t the character’s language” reminded me of this post by an old professor of mine on nauseous vs nauseated. Not quite the same debate, but related.
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/nauseatednauseous-the-prescriptive-vs-descriptive-debate
“This isn’t the character’s language” reminded me of this post by an old professor of mine on nauseous vs nauseated. Not quite the same debate, but related.
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/nauseatednauseous-the-prescriptive-vs-descriptive-debate