by sprocket <jas@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 7, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Zetsu wrote:
> I'd like to impress my english teacher at school by presenting my
> essay work with an astoni****ng array of vocabulary. Is there any one
> best way I should go about doing this, so that I can learn a lot of
> words in a short time and have them come to mind automatically at my
> disposal whenever I need them?
Buy Roget's Thesaurus, plus a good English dictionary like Chamber's.
Get a book of crosswords e.g.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guardian-Book-Quick-Crosswords-Crossword/dp/1843540053,
and finish them and understand the answers.
If you don't get failed for never handing any work in, then take time to
consider whether the best way to communicate is to use a vast and
artificial vocabulary, or to use a natural vocabulary effectively.
JS
