It is interesting that you in particular would say this, because I’ve heard that repeating a word is greatly frowned upon in French. (Ted Stanger, an American journalist who writes books in France, recounted how he was taught this by his editor, who apparently told him: “il faut trouver des synonymes”.)
Yes, that’s what I was taught. And like many such “rules” it’s often wrong, or at least with a great deal of exceptions and corner cases. I have very little time for editors who do their job with a checklist rather than with an eye, ear and mind for what will communicate most clearly.
(Disclaimer: my lifetime income from paid writing is a piddling sum, only a few thousand bucks. And, an iPad.).
It is interesting that you in particular would say this, because I’ve heard that repeating a word is greatly frowned upon in French. (Ted Stanger, an American journalist who writes books in France, recounted how he was taught this by his editor, who apparently told him: “il faut trouver des synonymes”.)
Yes, that’s what I was taught. And like many such “rules” it’s often wrong, or at least with a great deal of exceptions and corner cases. I have very little time for editors who do their job with a checklist rather than with an eye, ear and mind for what will communicate most clearly.
(Disclaimer: my lifetime income from paid writing is a piddling sum, only a few thousand bucks. And, an iPad.).