Using Archaic Words ? ?

by Neeraj V Murali
18th April 2014

Does anyone use these in their novels ? ? ?

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Usually no, modern readers usually wouldn't be familiar with it and are much more comfortable with ordinary speech. You're here to entertain the reader, not to throw some ancient speech at them that they might not understand. Keep it simple, many authors say the same thing. Complicating certain things doesn't always help, as one might presume.

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19/04/2014

Why Adrian ?? If you are writing a historical novel, won't you have to present things as they were ? ?

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19/04/2014

I could use them in a modern novel, but sarcastically !

I don't see another manner other than that.

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