I'm reading a novel by Anita Shreve, really good stuff but there's one thing that keeps bugging me in this book and it's the way she describes what people are wearing. Again and again I find myself accosted by sentences such as:
"Margaret had on jeans and a long-sleeved blouse."
Is it just me, or this is a weird and clumsy alternative to the perfectly normal "Margaret was wearing jeans and a long-sleeved blouse"?
I'm pretty sure I've never come across this sort of thing before. Perhaps this is the latest, most modern way, and I'm just (as usual) behind the times?
Your thoughts please, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
"Margaret had on jeans and a long-sleeved blouse."
Is it just me, or this is a weird and clumsy alternative to the perfectly normal "Margaret was wearing jeans and a long-sleeved blouse"?
I'm pretty sure I've never come across this sort of thing before. Perhaps this is the latest, most modern way, and I'm just (as usual) behind the times?
Your thoughts please, ladies and gentlemen of the jury.
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