Fowler, H. W. 1908. We have implied in former sections, and shall here take it for granted, that occasional archaism is always a fault, conscious or unconscious. This is only natural. Regarded as a counter-irritant to slang, archaism is a failure.
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We must not'. The use of ere with a gerund is particularly to be avoided. Sustained archaism in narrative and dialogue. More commonly, however, it is part of his plan to present a living picture of the time of which he writes. When this is the case, he naturally feels bound to shun anachronism not only in externals, but in thought and the expression of thought.