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That's a really poor response. When Joyce published his first novel as a nobody, people like you would've said something equally thoughtless about his grammar,
by sebular 12y ago
That's a really poor response.
When Joyce published his first novel as a nobody, people like you would've said something equally thoughtless about his grammar, followed up by a glib "the writer is no Arthur Conan Doyle."
- MilnerRoute 12y agoJames Joyce followed proper English when he published his first novel as a nobody. (And his second novel, and third.) He was also a professor of English at the time, so he wasn't really "a nobody" even then. So he may not be the best test case.