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Like McCarthy not using quotation marks or Wallace using ‘ instead of “ for quotation

>> No.16770986

You probably do such things without realizing it.

>> No.16770992

>>16770978
>or Wallace using ‘ instead of “ for quotation
he's just British.

>> No.16771046

>>16770978
my favorite is Pynchon using "sez" instead of "says"

>> No.16771073

>>16771046
Pynchon is trash. Read Gaddis instead you fucking retard

>> No.16771101

>>16771046
Exactly

>> No.16771157

>>16770978
That's called writing style

>> No.16771161

>>16771073
i have read Gaddis and I like both of them.

>> No.16771384

How come Dimebag shreds and David Gilmour plays like two notes every song?
>>16771157

>> No.16771796

>>16770978
>Like McCarthy not using quotation marks
he was trying to write in the style of the bible i think

>> No.16771857

>>16770978
McCarthy's typewriter likely just had a jammed shift key, so he stopped using quotation marks.

>> No.16771877

>>16771384
Dimebag is dead

>> No.16771961
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>>16770978


THEY ARE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOMETHING CALLED: «PERSONAL STYLE».

>> No.16772754

>>16770978
>Not using quotations
>Small eccentricity
>Small
McCarthy should have paid attention in his grammar classes.

>> No.16772763

>>16771073
Gaddis is like Pynchon but for brainlets. Buttblasted Gaddisfag

>> No.16772880

Mine will be writing highbrow first person literature in greentext

>> No.16772904

Laszlo Krasznahorkai doesn’t use paragraph breaks.

>> No.16772923

>>16770978
>using ‘ instead of “ for quotation
That's not uncommon

>> No.16773018

>>16771857
This is the dumbest opinion. I own the same typewriter and there's two shift keys plus a caps lock key. Mine cost 100 dollars and I'm fairly sure he got a replacement for less than ten dollars when he got one after selling the first at an auction.