Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Euphemism, Asyndeton, 9 p.m. at night, can of worms. Euphemism - Roget lists these headers: underestimation, trope, falsehood, ornament, good taste, affectation, flattery, and prudery. Under the sub-heading ‘prudery’ are a further …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Resign, Really, Dog eat dog, Yuan bei, ‘Resign’ belongs to an odd category of words known as contronyms. A contronym is a word that is its own antonym; a word that has …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Fable, Assonance, sort of, back against the wall Fable – Roget’s thesaurus lists these alternative words: maxim, fantasy, fable, narrative. Under the sub-heading ‘fable’ are a further 42 replacements, including fiction, tale, …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Eager, Definitely, All talk and no action, Gigil. Eager – Roget’s thesaurus lists these alternative words: willing, active, fervent, excited, and desiring. Under the sub-heading ‘willing’ are a further 71 replacements, including compliant, inclined, …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Background, Aposiopesis, Almost, A clean slate Background – Roget’s thesaurus lists these alternative words: circumstance, concomitant, accompanying, distance, surroundings, rear, spectacle, knowledge, information, stage set, and ornamentation. Under the sub-heading ‘information’ are a further …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Weather, absolutely essential, Sesquipedalianism, Natsukashii ‘Weather’ belongs to an odd category of words known as contronyms. A contronym is a word that is its own antonym; a word that has two opposing meanings! This …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, this series of posts is a resource for all word lovers. This week’s words: Cage. Anaphora. Extremely. Cage – Roget’s thesaurus lists these alternative words: stable (n), compartment (n), receptacle (n), circumscribe (vb), enclosure (n), enclose (vb), break in (vb), imprison (vb), lock up (n). Under the subheading …
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Offering help for writers and language learners, but adding variety to topics covered. This series of posts remains a resource for word lovers but its scope is widening. My apologies for the late post this week: I was concentrating on getting my latest book, War Over Dust, to the publisher in time for the deadline …
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Some changes from today. Still offering help for writers and language learners, but adding some variety to the topics covered. This series of posts will remain a resource for word lovers but will expand its scope. So, to this week’s words: Ambiguous Ambiguous - Roget lists these headers: unconformable, double, countervailing, uncertain, semantic, puzzling, equivocal, …
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Here’s some help for writers who want to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate and effective by using the most appropriate words. There are also insights into some peculiarities of English for language students. A good thesaurus will provide substitutes for the idea of a word, but not all these are true synonyms: context …
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Here’s a bit of help for writers who want to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate and effective by using the most appropriate words. There are also insights into some peculiarities of English for those learning the language. A good thesaurus gives substitutes for the idea of a word, but not all are true …
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There’s help here for writers who like to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate and effective by using the most appropriate words. And there are insights into some peculiarities of English for those learning the language. A good thesaurus gives substitutes for the idea of a word, but not all are true synonyms: context …
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Some help here for writers who want to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate and effective by using the best words. Also insights into some peculiarities of English for language learners. A good thesaurus gives alternatives for the idea of a word, but not all of these are true synonyms: context is vital. One …
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Some help here for writers who want to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate, and effective by using the best words. Also insights into some peculiarities of English for language learners. A good thesaurus gives alternatives for the idea of a word, but not all of these are true synonyms: context is vital. One …
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Some help for writers who want to make their work more interesting, varied, accurate and effective by using the best words. Also providing language learners with insights into some peculiarities of the English language. A good thesaurus gives alternatives for the idea of a word, but not all of these are true synonyms: context is …
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