Note to fantasy authors
29/7/09 21:58![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
owlectomyThee is NOT the more formal version of 'you.'
Thee is (a) the singular, or (b) the LESS formal version, depending on what time period you're talking about; but if you're trying to be very polite, you don't just switch to thee. Do copy-editors not know this?
I might finish the book because I've already bought it*, but I wish I'd remembered how heavy this author could be on the hurt/comfort thing. Wow -- have I outgrown hurt/comfort??
*No, I wouldn't stop reading a book I otherwise liked because of this, but it's symptomatic of how it tries to pull off an epic fantasy voice but doesn't know enough to do it gracefully.
Thee is (a) the singular, or (b) the LESS formal version, depending on what time period you're talking about; but if you're trying to be very polite, you don't just switch to thee. Do copy-editors not know this?
I might finish the book because I've already bought it*, but I wish I'd remembered how heavy this author could be on the hurt/comfort thing. Wow -- have I outgrown hurt/comfort??
*No, I wouldn't stop reading a book I otherwise liked because of this, but it's symptomatic of how it tries to pull off an epic fantasy voice but doesn't know enough to do it gracefully.