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In one essay, this author included getting rid of “the re·parenthesis, the re-re·parenthesis, and the re-re-re-re-re-re·parentheses” among eight proposed reforms. Another essay by this author commands that “the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses” and the reader should “be able to tell the corpses from the others.” A character says, “She has gone to the kitchen” about a turnip and “It has gone (-5[1])to the opera” about a girl in an essay by this author that (10[1])poorly translates parts of (10[2])“Tale (10[1])of the Fishwife and Its Sad Fate.” An essay by him attacks another’s overuse of the trope (10[1])of people stepping on dry twigs (10[1])and other implausible (10[1])plot (10[1])events. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author (10[1])of “The Awful (10[1])German (10[1])Language,” who criticized (10[1])purported (10[2])stylistic (10[1])errors in The Deerslayer (10[1])in his essay (-5[1])“Fenimore (10[1])Cooper’s Literary Offenses.” ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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