constantinusphilo
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- Nov 27, 2017
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- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Russian
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- Russian Federation
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- Canada
I am still reading The Rule of Four, a novel by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason published in 1999. I found their style somewhat artificial. For example,
I pad through my own belongings, finding almost everything untouched.
"Pad" is a synonym "to walk", so how could it fit into this context? I think 'rummage' would be more appropriate.
Another example,
Atop the table stand a Tiffany lamp and a phone.
Why not just 'on'?
I pad through my own belongings, finding almost everything untouched.
"Pad" is a synonym "to walk", so how could it fit into this context? I think 'rummage' would be more appropriate.
Another example,
Atop the table stand a Tiffany lamp and a phone.
Why not just 'on'?