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02-06-2009, 08:53 PM
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Animated Skeleton
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what about when there on the river in "Berrles out of bound" the text said something like this "his men" something something something and strike a pose. ok never mind the strike a pose thing but it said "his men" somewhere
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02-07-2009, 10:05 AM
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Loremaster of Annúminas
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Throughout his earlier writing, including the Silkarillion up until the Thirties, Tolkien would casually use uncapitalized 'men' to refer to a body or group of sentients, Elves and even Orcs. A reader of The Hobbit objected to it, and in revision T corrected such usages, but he missed a couple.
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02-07-2009, 12:07 PM
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that's true i suppose. it sound's logical. oh well i guess that end's this thread  ________________________________________________ something, something, something musiiiic and strike a pose! "Count Oloff" Last edited by thewichtking; 02-07-2009 at 12:28 PM. |
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