5 ms·
Hemingway's abuse of language in For Whom the Bell Tolls always drove me. He uses you in place of tu and thou as usted.
by bhickey 13y ago
Hemingway's abuse of language in For Whom the Bell Tolls always drove me. He uses you in place of tu and thou as usted.
- gruseom 13y agoDo you have an example? That seems like a howler that surely his editor would have caught if he didn't.
- andyjohnson0 13y agoIt was intentional. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls#Language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls#Languag...
- maaku 13y agoThat's how the words are typically understood among modern English speakers...