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The phrase "as though the author" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the perspective or intent of an author in a literary analysis or critique.
Example: "The narrative unfolds as though the author intended to challenge societal norms through the protagonist's journey."
Alternatives: "as if the author" or "as though the writer".
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It simply does not feel as though the author is bearing down on his language.
Pundits continue to cite it as though the author speaks for all of us who grew up in poverty.
Indeed, the novel may have been rather too ambitious, as it quickens towards the end, as though the author ran out of space.
The prose becomes too prim, as though the author was possessed by a strict governess, and the chapter seems disjointed and unsubstantial.
But just when it seems as though the author as God had stacked the deck against Hattie, Ms. Mathis gives us a haunting — and, yes, hopeful — glimpse of the possibility of redemption and the resilience of the human spirit.
Though these are among the best passages in "Building Houses," it feels as though the author gives a historical drama and a Hollywood screenplay too much of the burden in carrying her argument forward.
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Even as he became a national celebrity, though, the author, who is now 44, was not sure where he stood with his Pajala neighbors.
Yet the reality is that women often have trouble communicating with other women at work as well, though the authors do not explain in quite as much detail why this is so.Communication and gender equality are not just problems at large firms.
The conclusion is as disturbing for racially-minded Jews as for racially-minded anti-Semites, though, as the author wisely points out, it in no way invalidates Israel's claim to statehood.
They're lovely though – as the author, Jane Pettigrew points out, "despite containing no eggs, this recipes makes light, well-risen scones": crumbly, feather-light and definitely nudging Rachel and Marcus in the height stakes.
(I know pig fat makes a beautiful, flaky pastry, but it seems an odd ingredient in something more bready like a scone). They're lovely though – as the author, Jane Pettigrew points out, "despite containing no eggs, this recipes makes light, well-risen scones": crumbly, feather-light and definitely nudging Rachel and Marcus in the height stakes.
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