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When I study the style of Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and other authors, I find that they use very simple language and simple words. But when I look at present day authors, such as Stephenie ...
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System
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2019-12-08T08:35:25Z (over 4 years ago)
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kakoo bacha
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2019-12-08T08:35:25Z (over 4 years ago)
When I study the style of Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver, and other authors, I find that they use very simple language and simple words. But when I look at present day authors, such as Stephenie Meyer or Alice Munro, I find that they have a large vocabulary and on almost every page you find a word that has not been used on the previous pages. I wonder which way to choose. Do you think writing like Hemingway and authors like him seems oldfashioned and out of date today? And how does a book like _The Old Man And Sea_ appear interesting and its language not boring when the author uses common words and there's not a lot of variety in the language?
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System
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2018-04-21T01:53:42Z (about 6 years ago)
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