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Blog Contest: I Reward Good Vocabulary So You Don’t Have To

By kathyblog07 173 days ago from http://idothings.info

I'm always up for a good challenge. This one is of the language variety. JD at the I Do Things So You Don't Have To blog challenges readers to use three words properly in a sentence. The only problem is JD's a professional editor and it shows. I've never heard of the three words before, and so it's taking me days to come u

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The Wacky World of Web Words

By carlajc 266 days ago from http://www.bloggingweb20.com

I was shocked the first time someone told me 'Internet' should be capitalized. “Yeah, 'Web' should be capitalized too. And 'on-line' should be hyphenated.” Weird, I thought. Then, just as I was settling into those, the rules changed. So how are you supposed to know which word forms to use? My research tells me these are the latest on We

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Learn Japanese With Google | nihonhacks.com

By tummai 273 days ago from http://nihonhacks.com

You can use Google to help you learn a foreign language. Google Images can help you get a visual picture of an unknown word. Just plug in the unfamiliar word and you'll get thousands of pictures showing you exactly what it is!

Plain old Google works too. If you don't know a word, plug it into google and you'll get millions of hits wi

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Wordz We Misspell -- A Resource for Bloggers

By carlajc 271 days ago from http://b2bcontent.wordpress.com

Bloggers mess up sometimes, myself included. But some words just beg to be misspelled or otherwise abused. Here are some of them: LIAISON -- You can blame this one on the people who lived in France about 400 years ago. We've had to live with that extra "a" ever since. CEMETERY -- I've replaced that third "e" with an "a"

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Words With No Meaning -Lets Snortle Together

By ksc7 69 days ago from http://nohardtimes.bloggerunleashed.com

We come across these words often. In conversations mostly. They are primarily used in the spoken word and often, if we take the time to actually ask again,or to write them down and see where they come from and what they mean we are amazed with the fact that they don't exist. Words like Snortling, are used often, they are verba

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Marketing, Vocabulary and a Good Cause

By LeapDog 269 days ago from http://blendworx.com

Have you ever visited freerice? It is a great concept and has its benefits for being around. The principles that are applied to it are quite simple and could prove to be beneficial to you if you used the same methode for driving traffic and spreading the word about it. basically it is used to not only increase your vocabulary but help world h

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Improve your vocabulary - ebullient

By nishant9192 212 days ago from http://www.selfhelplab.com

I just posted in my blog about a good way to remember vocabulary. Including the association between the word and its meaning. The usage info helps in understanding the word better. The technique involves using of mnemonic techniques. This definitely beats the normal way of learning vocabulary. Repetition! However, a bit of pra

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