Re: Initial 'And'

From: mjmurphy (4mjmu@rogers.com)
Date: Sat Mar 15 2003 - 15:43:51 GMT

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    That's "The Night Land", by William Hope Hodgeson.

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    M.J. Murphy

      Initial "Ands" are very common in older English texts like Malory's "Morte D'arthur", where it often functions in the same manner as "Then", at least sometimes. In modern literature, especially in "fantasy" and such genres, it is often used as a means of conveying a "ye olde" sound to the writing. Hodgson's "The Dark Land", for example

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