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Old 02-07-2009, 12:07 PM   #5
thewichtking
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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin View Post
Throughout his earlier writing, including the Silkarillion up until the Thirties, Tolkien would casually use uncapitalized 'men' to refer to a body or group of sentients, Elves and even Orcs. A reader of The Hobbit objected to it, and in revision T corrected such usages, but he missed a couple.

that's true i suppose. it sound's logical. oh well i guess that end's this thread

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