When you read a book, do you keep a dictionary close at hand to look up words that you are not familiar with? I do!
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Yes, I like to expand my vocabulary and if I'm enjoying the book, I want to fully understand it.
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i don't. i try to guess the meaning of the unfamiliar word by its context..
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No need to use a paper dictionary. I have a computer and I'm online. http://dictionary.reference.com/ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ http://www.merriam-webster.com/
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Only if an author uses a wider vocabulary than mine, and very few do. One who does so is Dorothy Dunnett, author of the Niccolo series and the Lymond series. She was fluent in Latin, French, and Italian and also sometimes used dialect terms from Scots and other languages. I looked up numerous words and phrases while reading her books. She's one of my favorite authors because (1) she tells GREAT stories and (2) she uses language brilliantly and stretches my vocabulary. BTW, I own numerous English-language dictionaries and probably eight foreign-language dictionaries but rarely use them. The web is a far more useful source for definitions, especially if you're looking up a phrase rather than a single word or if you're looking for a dialectal word.
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no i have an education, there are not many words i come across these days that i am not familiar with.
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I've only ever had to look up words from the complete works of Shakespeare, due to them no longer being in circulation.
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Yup. I have several dictionaries, so there's usually one nearby, wherever I am.
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Yes,I do.
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No, but I always know where my dictionary is just in case I need it.
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No, usually i skip it and if it comes back up in the book i might get a dictionary, but i probably won't.
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no
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no, my vocabulary is very vast.
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Yes, If I dont know a word I have to look it up. -
No, but I'll write the word down and look it up later if I can't tell what it is by context clues. I usually look up words on the internet. I have several kinds of dictionaries, but half the time, I can't locate them when I need them, because I have just put them in one of my many book shelves!
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It depends, if it's a word I'm not familiar with but it's pretty obvious what the general gist of the meaning is then I won't. If i've no idea and my computer is on (which is most of the time I am at home), then I will look it up. If it's not, I'll try and remember to look it up the next day, but usually forget.
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Damn you Frank Herbert!
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Oh, yeah. Gotta have it.
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I've always felt that a good writer gives you the definition with the words and situation surrounding. This is how I always picked up on the definition of a word: if I have trouble I usually re-read the paragraph or sentence, but that's not very often. When the times come that I get the gist of the word but want to know the exact definition, I'll just jot it down and look it up later.
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