Tag: Vocabulary
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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 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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: 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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