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"eponymous river/lake" might help some readers learn a new word for that day.
Dsvid Minor
> As we approach the Hudson-Champlain observances in 2009, there is a
> question
> of historians' writing style that has me intrigued. I find myself
> slightly
> annoyed when I read a phrase that seems to me trite and hackneyed in
> otherwise good historical writing. Am I being oversensitive, or is this
> a valid
> gripe? The phrase is this: In 1609 Hudson/Champlain "explored the
> river/lake
> which bears his name." This gets written in this way over and over.
> Shouldn't
> this worn-out, stale phrase be avoided by good writers? I guess once one
> begins to notice it, the more annoying it gets.
>
> Paul Huey
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