Comments on: Why You Should Read With A Dictionary http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary Strength Training For Body And Mind Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:13:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Oleg Mokhov http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-4034 Oleg Mokhov Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:39:28 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-4034 Hey Josh, A big, diverse vocabulary helps you to express your ideas more clearly and precisely. And the best way to build your vocabulary is to read with a dictionary. No separate program. No dedicated time to training. Just read what you're already reading, but take a few seconds to look up unfamiliar words. If the word is useful, other people use it, so you'll come across it again. Look it up enough times, and the repetition will ingrain the definition in your head. With only a little extra effort (tied into what you're already doing), you can effectively build your vocabulary. Plus, since you're reading stuff of interest and related to your field, it'll be relevant words, not SAT or scientific ones you'll never use. I completely agree with your simple advice to read with a dictionary. Such a great vocab builder with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort, Oleg Hey Josh,

A big, diverse vocabulary helps you to express your ideas more clearly and precisely. And the best way to build your vocabulary is to read with a dictionary.

No separate program. No dedicated time to training. Just read what you’re already reading, but take a few seconds to look up unfamiliar words. If the word is useful, other people use it, so you’ll come across it again. Look it up enough times, and the repetition will ingrain the definition in your head.

With only a little extra effort (tied into what you’re already doing), you can effectively build your vocabulary. Plus, since you’re reading stuff of interest and related to your field, it’ll be relevant words, not SAT or scientific ones you’ll never use.

I completely agree with your simple advice to read with a dictionary.

Such a great vocab builder with maximum effectiveness and minimum effort,
Oleg

]]> By: Seven Simple Ways To Improve Your Life Today | World's Strongest Librarian http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Seven Simple Ways To Improve Your Life Today | World's Strongest Librarian Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:05:14 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-411 [...] nothing works better than adding a word to your vocabulary.  Grab a dictionary or go online and learn a new word.  Try to find ways to work it into the rest of your day so you won’t forget it.  Then write [...] [...] nothing works better than adding a word to your vocabulary.  Grab a dictionary or go online and learn a new word.  Try to find ways to work it into the rest of your day so you won’t forget it.  Then write [...]

]]> By: Josh Hanagarne http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Josh Hanagarne Wed, 27 May 2009 03:48:23 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-380 Thanks! I just found you on myspace, Monsieur Dazzleship. I'd love to meet your wife. Bring her in sometime! Thanks! I just found you on myspace, Monsieur Dazzleship. I’d love to meet your wife. Bring her in sometime!

]]> By: Tony Dazzleship http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Tony Dazzleship Wed, 27 May 2009 03:33:36 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-379 Josh, Thank you for pointing me to your site. I've enjoyed what I've read and seen so far, particularly your review of "Twilight" and your form-fitting shirt. :) I completely agree with you. My wife and I have about a dozen dictionaries in the house. We read things in a few different languages, so those dictionaries get used fairly often. I don't know where we'd be without them! Regards, Tony Josh,

Thank you for pointing me to your site. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read and seen so far, particularly your review of “Twilight” and your form-fitting shirt. :)

I completely agree with you. My wife and I have about a dozen dictionaries in the house. We read things in a few different languages, so those dictionaries get used fairly often. I don’t know where we’d be without them!

Regards,

Tony

]]> By: Josh Hanagarne http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Josh Hanagarne Tue, 26 May 2009 23:45:25 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-378 Dictionary.com is pretty good. I'm not sure why everyone fixates on Webster's--it's okay, but nothing special. I'm an OED devotee. Represent! Dictionary.com is pretty good. I’m not sure why everyone fixates on Webster’s–it’s okay, but nothing special. I’m an OED devotee. Represent!

]]> By: Mina Irfan http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Mina Irfan Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:08 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-377 Josh, I completely agree. My personal favorite is www.dictionary.com - I use it religiously! Thanks for a great article! www.theuniverseguru.com Josh,
I completely agree. My personal favorite is http://www.dictionary.com – I use it religiously!

Thanks for a great article!

http://www.theuniverseguru.com

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Blaine Moore Tue, 26 May 2009 13:51:45 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-371 It wasn't for a class, it was just a random book I picked up. I used to read 3 or 4 books per week minimum at that point in my life so I grabbed just about anything I could get my hands on. It wasn’t for a class, it was just a random book I picked up. I used to read 3 or 4 books per week minimum at that point in my life so I grabbed just about anything I could get my hands on.

]]> By: Josh Hanagarne http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Josh Hanagarne Tue, 26 May 2009 13:48:34 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-370 Blaine, which class were you in where you read a dictionary of curses? Sounds sinister. Must have been an elective? Blaine, which class were you in where you read a dictionary of curses? Sounds sinister. Must have been an elective?

]]> By: Josh Hanagarne http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/2224/why-you-should-read-with-a-dictionary/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Josh Hanagarne Tue, 26 May 2009 13:47:40 +0000 http://worldsstrongestlibrarian.com/?p=2224#comment-369 Sad but true, but I'm not going to quit trying. At work every day I interact with hundreds of kids from generation LOL and OMG. This is the last trace of my romantic idealism: replace their iphones with giant copies of the Oxford English Dictionary. Sad but true, but I’m not going to quit trying. At work every day I interact with hundreds of kids from generation LOL and OMG. This is the last trace of my romantic idealism: replace their iphones with giant copies of the Oxford English Dictionary.

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