Thread: Why Seoul is feminine? Is 'ship' always feminine?

Originally Posted by bitpicker

Actually he was a 19th century writer, not "the", as there were rather more than one.

i wanted to underscore the 19th century, not the word 'writer', meaning his language is not present-day. )) but the language of the 19th century.

Originally Posted by alexsms

i wanted to underscore the 19th century, not the word 'writer', meaning his language is not present-day. )) but the language of the 19th century.

Oh, in that case it doesn't work like that at all. You have to write "he was a writer of/in the 19th century".