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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5154313" data-attributes="member: 54707">Well, if your audience all read Latin, you'd write mostly in Latin. But Latin authors often used terms and phrases adopted from other languages, like Greek for instance. Which they did a lot by the way.You're welcome to your opinion of course. But exposure to a German word, or exposure to a Latin term, I can't imagine that harming anyone in any way. An increase in intelligence and vocabulary is nothing to be feared or avoided. Quite the opposite.As for leading someone away from your text, well, a novel should interact with the rest of the world, not remain isolated from it. A novel is not a Grade School Primer, it's a novel. It's supposed to be full of big ideas. Otherwise it's just a third grade comic book with a third grade vocabulary.I think you're wrong on this one.P.S.: I'm not for writing most comic books on a third grade level either, that was just an easy, short-hand illustration of the point that you shouldn't write down to or talk down to your audience. Assume others are at least as capable as you are and you might just find this to be the case. And if they aren't as capable as you are, then in a free world, they certainly can become so if they so desire. It's not the author's job to limit the potential capabilities or imagination of the audience. That's what is wrong with too much modern media. The author should say what he needs to say and trust that his audience is smart enough to understand the point. The audience might not agree with the point, but you shouldn't talk down to them as if they cannot figure out the implications.</blockquote>

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