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: Tips for expanding my vocabulary? Looking back through my texts, I noticed that I often use a lot of the same words and resort to using quite a basic vocabulary. I was wondering if there
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: Effective ways to enrich your active vocabulary? I come across words like rectitude, like laudatory, like indigent, and being an experienced reader with a strong grasp on my native language, I
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: How to expand my vocabulary? I wanted to write something for a long time. But what I think is, in writing the choice of words plays a very significant role. From where I can learn this thing?
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: What linguistic tools do you use? I've got a Flip Dictionary, a Thesaurus, my trusty Strunk&White, and I use the almighty GOOG(le) should I ever be unsure of the definition of a word. What
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: How many different words are in the average novel? I realize there's going to be a bit of variation here from one author to the next and depending on length of the novel, but the range shouldn't
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: How do I incorporate Vocabulary in my writing that I already know? I seem to have this problem where I know a lot of words but can't always seem to think them up when I write an article
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: Is the following piece of text comprehensible and written in good style? I am a PhD candidate and I am having difficulty in communicating effectively in writing. Specifically, this post is a
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: How do authors gain strong familiarity with archaic and extremely rare words? I keep thinking about this because I've lately been reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, and it's just ridiculous.
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: How to balance for readers who are not technologically literate My story features two software developers who discuss computer-based things in the first chapter. It's not a significant part of
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: Acquiring vocabulary to write fiction I am a non-native speaker, learning the English language, and I am already fairly good in reading and writing technical texts. I also enjoy reading fiction
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: Using profanities in novels I've recently read two quite "hard core" novels, both by famous authors. One was erotic fiction and one was a thriller which was very violent and gory. At the end
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: How to avoid using "he/she/it" repetitively in action Please do not make this a duplicate, I know there's a couple of questions like this, but they are not quite like my question, and their
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: Using profanity I'm working on a war novel (sci-fi). My initial plan was for my MC to start out with a very clean language, almost comically clean, and as the plot progresses and the situation
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: What are the words that were used during Shakespeare's time that are seldom used nowadays? I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time
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: Should my character speak like an layman or a Latin teacher? 'He tracked and updated 182 patient statuses' OR 'He tracked and updated 182 patient stati?' I believe "statuses" is correct. However,
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: Less universe-specific synonyms for "squib"? I write primarily fantasy; recently, it's been brought to my attention that I use the terms "muggle" and "squib" informally fairly often in roleplay.
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: How do I improve my knowledge of English well enough to write in it? I have a long-term goal to write a non-fiction book: a critical book about the current state of humanity's moral methodologies
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: Improving my English I'm keen in writing stories of my imagination. However, my Grammar is not up to the mark. Even I use very simple words and not complicated words like the ones who use
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: What is the best possible way to improve one's vocabulary? During my highschool days, the subject of vocabulary had not been enforced or rather most students were lazy about expanding their vocabulary
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: Where can I find a good vocabulary list? I'd like to expand my vocabulary and already do several of the things recommended in the Tips for expanding my vocabulary question. In addition to
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: Looking for a verb that means "making something looks very simple by ignoring its complexity or details" I'm looking for a verb that means "making something looks very simple by ignoring its
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: Redouble, double, or double again? I have seen double and double again a lot. Redouble, not so much. I found out that redouble can mean to double again, to double, or in general to intensify
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: How find an appropriate vocabulary I'm a newbie reader and often find myself needing to open the dictionary at least once every few pages. Although I'm a newbie, my vocabulary is at least of
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: How do I write implied rape in my book? I'm writing a book and I want to write a chapter where the antagonist beats the protagonist and, well, I want to imply that he rapes her without
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: What are some tools for expanding your vocabulary? I usually use thesauruses, but they're only good for synonyms. I also tried using visual dictionary, but they don't really help you expand your
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: Appropriate use of outdated vocabulary and terms? I'm in the process of planning a story right now, without the intention of sharing it it with others, but I would like it to be comprehensible
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: Am i using "he/she" too often during action scenes? I'm not sure if I am being too overly critical of what I write or if I am actually falling into that "He/She" echo. By that I mean, using
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: Resource on archaic English I know there are similar questions around (like this and this) but they don't really have an answer that works for me. Are there any specific resources that would
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: In fiction, is the use of old-fashioned verbage or voice (ex. Tolkien, Le Guin) advisable? If my genre lies somewhere in the fantasy-fiction spectrum, is the use of a more "dated" narrative
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: What is a polite way of saying someone is posh? What's way of saying someone is posh that isn't rude? And without being over-aggrandising?
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: How to use word frequency data? I just found the 'word frequency' tool in Scrivener's text statistics, but so far all I've done with it is read down the list (it occasionally generates amusing
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: How to describe movement in zero-G? Within the setting of my personal project (a hard science fiction) I need to be able to describe movement in zero-G extensively. Because I wish to write
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: What are the grammatical and stylistic alternatives to avoid overusing pronouns? Recently, I've developed a habit of writing he/she/him/her and overusing the character's name at the beginning of
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: How to balance an eloquent character/narrator with the need for readers to understand the story I'm writing a short story told in first person by a character who, an avid book lover, is much
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: What are some rich but respectful ways to describe various skin colors? Say I have a kid's book with children of varying skin tones: a boy with British/Germanic background, a girl with Indian
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: What is a good alternative for 'Yours truly' while quoting yourself? I wish to use a phrase/word after a quote, to indicate that it was me who came up with it (i.e. a phrase to quote myself)
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: Use of 'nigh' in fiction First post here. Some background first: I write follow ups to my Pathfinder table session from the perspective of my character. These are shared, and read along with
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: How to express in a better way? Possible Duplicate: How to overcome the fact that I can't write? Normally I have good ideas to write, but when I come to writing those on
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: Avoiding unintended rudeness or accusatory tones in reminder emails I am in one of the newsletter teams of my company. Last week, I had mailed the Vice-President of our company to write an
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: Reminding my professor to update a grade? I am writing an email to my professor as a reminder to update my grade on a particular assignment. I had an assignment that is graded based on a
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