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Q&A Multiple characters without names: how to address

You have to identify them somehow. Use adjectives. The tall man vs. the short man The older man vs. the younger man The long-haired man vs. the man with the thistle-down hair The carpenter vs. th...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:21Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:21:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:21:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
You have to identify them somehow. Use adjectives.

- The tall man vs. the short man
- The older man vs. the younger man
- The long-haired man vs. the man with the thistle-down hair
- The carpenter vs. the electrician
- The French man vs. the German man

It may get repetitive to say "her hands rested on the carpenter's shoulders, just they way they rested on the electrician's when she were tired after talking a walk," but that's pretty much what you're stuck with.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-01-31T10:43:13Z (almost 11 years ago)
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