What is the word for when a writer uses something not invented yet in a period piece?
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anachronism (n)/ anachronistic (adj)
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The answer would be "bore"\n\nhttp://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bore
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I think you mean "origin" rather than derivative.\n\nA derivative of the word "dickens" would be a word that uses dickens as it's base, not the other way round
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The creation and arrangement of ideas preliminary to writing.
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By narrowing down what you want to talk about. There was a lot that happened in the 19th century, and a lot's going on right now. What in particular would you like to compare? Politics, business, fashion, science, religion? Just pick one of them, and be specific. Otherwise, you'll write a book!
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Iambic pentameters. Check it out on Wikipedia or google or something. By the way, it's not Old English. Old English is hundreds of years earlier.
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I am sorry, but I do not understand your Question.\n\nDo you mean the "exact usage" of an English word?\n\nA sentence is a single thought, expressed.\n\n"Sentence:\n\nA combination of words which is complete as\n      expressing a thought, and in writing is marked at the\n      close by a period, or full point. \n      [1913 Webster]\n\n   Note: Sentences are simple or compound. A simple sentence\n         consists of one subject and one finite verb; as, "The\n         Lord reigns." A compound sentence contains two or more\n         subjects and finite verbs." [1913 Webster]\n\nOr, maybe you mean "tense." That is how verbs are conjugated.\n\n"Tense &#92;Tense&#92;, n. [OF. tens, properly, time, F. temps time,\n   tense. See Temporal of time, and cf. Thing.] (Gram.)\n   One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by\n   adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the\n   action or event signified; the modification which verbs\n   undergo for the indication of time.\n   [1913 Webster]\n\nI look. I looked. I am looking. etc.,\n\nEnglish is very difficult to learn as a second language. Make friends with native-speakers, talk to them and practice.\n\nBest of luck to you!  :-))
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You can't use an exact title of any previously written work, no. You could call it "The Da Vinci Codec", though.
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old use (with a) and modern use (without a)
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There you go\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_writers\n\nI hope that will help
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There isn't a hard and fast rule. "An historical" is old-fashioned but not wrong. There is a full discussion of the matter on a great web page for language questions, World Wide Words (see link below).
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Something old\nSomething new\nSomething borrowed\nSomething blue
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Properly, those would be dashes, not hyphens.  Let's take this sample sentence:\n\n"The stories from the last century — perseverance, rape, poverty, humor, ingenuity — are each worth a novel."\n\nThe dashes set off a portion of the sentence that explains or amplifies what the sentence is about: "stories", in this case.\n\nIt's similar to the use of dashes in this sentence:\n\n"The four Beatles — John, Paul, George, Ringo — had a great influence on pop music in the 1960's and 1970's."\n\nFor more information, consult the reference linked below, or try a Google search:
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Historic\n\nTragic\n\nRuler\n\nBetrayed\n\nRomanticized\n\nTactician\n\nFriend\n\nEnemy\n\nLegendary\n\n\nGood Luck\n\nJimmy
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Try "ornery" or "odd"\n\nNRT
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Nondescript. Too much of it can leave the reader with nothing to build on.\n\n "The table sat in the midst of the dining room with an elegant green rug beneath it." Better? The idea is to give the reader something to 'see' without over, or under doing it.
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Anachronism or anachronistic.  The story itself would be anachronistic, but (for example) a knight in modern day New York would be an anachronism.