did you catch cooper's use of the appositive, 'the welsh boy.' dude, told ya she's a slasher.
I didn't know that was called the appositive (or if I did, I had forgotten.) Funny to see it used in one of my favorite fantasy novels, because I usually hate that construction when I run across it in fic. Particularly "the taller/smaller man" - it always gives me a mental image of two guys with a dramatic height difference, like a hobbit and a human. Which can really ruin the moment.
But that's a great quote from the book! Perhaps you're already familiar with this - kestrelsan's Dark is Rising Fanfiction Links, I think the most complete list of DiR fic, particularly Will/Bran.
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Date: 2003-09-09 12:23 pm (UTC)I didn't know that was called the appositive (or if I did, I had forgotten.) Funny to see it used in one of my favorite fantasy novels, because I usually hate that construction when I run across it in fic. Particularly "the taller/smaller man" - it always gives me a mental image of two guys with a dramatic height difference, like a hobbit and a human. Which can really ruin the moment.
But that's a great quote from the book! Perhaps you're already familiar with this -