Why say 'utilize' when you can say 'use'?
When I need to know the meaning of a word, I look it up in a dictionary.
What's an easier way to say 'bad?' Let's go with 'abysmal.'
I'd rather fiddle with my phone for precious seconds than neglect an apostrophe; I'd rather insert a word laboriously keyed out than resort to predictive texting for a - acceptable to some - synonym.
I still can't spell anything, but I can bust out two-dollar words.
I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.'
I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don't use - words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. I also love the sound of certain words. I love the sound of the word pom-pom.
I'm a massive fan of the dictionary.
The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.
To find a new word that is accurate and different, you have to be alert for it.
I keep a big, fat dictionary with me while writing.
As a person with the retentive mental capacity of a goldfish and a dislike of repetition, I frequently make use of the thesaurus built into my Microsoft Word U.K. Software.
Dictionary - opinion expressed as truth in alphabetical order.
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
I wrote it three times - with a Thesaurus.
We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.
What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband.
I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwiches? All-encompassingly.
I've been obsessed with words since I was a little girl, and I am fortunate that each week as resident word expert on 'Countdown' I am ideally placed to quiz my guests in dictionary corner about the words and phrases they use.
There are about 30 words around you all the time, like 'thread' or 'exit.'
We are all saying the same thing in different words.
We all had to search for more words to describe things.
I hear what they're saying. I ask my English tutor, 'What is this word 'tinkerer?''
The words I use Are everyday words and yet are not the same! You will find no rhymes in my verse, no magic. There are your very own phrases.
I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get the same money for cop.
