Dallas Hinton:

DH> Apart  from  the  fact  that  it's  fantasy  fiction and
DH> therefore breaks many rules with impunity, I think  this
DH> a way of generalizing a thing.

Fantasy  can  violate  realism,  but why should it break the
rules of grammar?  The best fantasy writers -- Erick  Rucker
Eddison,  Clack  Ashton  Smith, Lord Dunsany, Tolkien -- all
had exquisite grammar.

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