# Classic authors with best/worst grammar

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-authors-with-best-worst-grammar/657004>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 29, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-authors-with-best-worst-grammar/657004 "2013-04-29T14:13:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-authors-with-best-worst-grammar/657004/21 "2013-05-02T14:38:31Z")

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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s prose is gorgeous. Clear, simple. He lets his images be flowery, not his words.

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