Category: Word Choice
Diction
Posted by Alan Brooks | Feb 18, 2019 | Style, Word Choice | 0
Choosing the Right Words
Posted by 11trees | Mar 22, 2018 | Word Choice | 0
Word Choice: Adverbs of Frequency
Posted by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Word Choice | 0
Singular Gender Neutral Pronoun
by 11trees | Jan 28, 2023 | Parts of Speech, ESL, Word Choice | 0
English speakers are left with a conundrum when it comes to talking about a third person in a way...
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by Alan Brooks | Feb 18, 2019 | Style, Word Choice | 0
In math, there can be more than one way to correctly solve an equation. Some might be easier or...
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by 11trees | Mar 22, 2018 | Word Choice | 0
Choosing the right word is often more complicated than translating, which often leads to issues of appropriacy. Translating without a clear understanding of vocabulary can lead to the use of words that are rare, obsolete, or belong to an inappropriate genre or register.
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by 11trees | Mar 21, 2018 | Word Choice | 0
Adverbs of frequency describe how often things occur, or how often we do things. These can be used as part of a hedging strategy, to describe frequency without having to use exact numbers. Learning to use indefinite adverbs appropriately is something that can be developed through extensive reading and listening.
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