I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English.
In plain words
She wrote about people she knew, talking the way people really talk.
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Anne of the Island (1915), Ch. 12.
- 1915
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