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Q&A How do I incorporate Vocabulary in my writing that I already know?

I seem to have this problem where I know a lot of words but can't always seem to think them up when I write an article or a story. I know the meaning of most of these words, but when I write, some ...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Rio1210‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How find an appropriate vocabulary

I'm a newbie reader and often find myself needing to open the dictionary at least once every few pages. Although I'm a newbie, my vocabulary is at least of an average proficiency so I wonder what i...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by el_pup_le‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Redouble, double, or double again?

I have seen double and double again a lot. Redouble, not so much. I found out that redouble can mean to double again, to double, or in general to intensify whether that is double, triple, quintupl...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Caters‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to balance for readers who are not technologically literate

My story features two software developers who discuss computer-based things in the first chapter. It's not a significant part of the story, but it helps to establish who the characters are and what...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Mike.C.Ford‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do authors gain strong familiarity with archaic and extremely rare words?

I keep thinking about this because I've lately been reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, and it's just ridiculous. I have to look up 1-2 words per sentence sometimes, something I'm only used ...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by temporary_user_name‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is the following piece of text comprehensible and written in good style?

I am a PhD candidate and I am having difficulty in communicating effectively in writing. Specifically, this post is a piece of text submitted for critique and, in addition, explains what I am tryin...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by mfrank.23‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding unintended rudeness or accusatory tones in reminder emails

I am in one of the newsletter teams of my company. Last week, I had mailed the Vice-President of our company to write an article for our newsletter, to which he replied in affirmative and mailed me...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by bengaluriga‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Less universe-specific synonyms for "squib"?

I write primarily fantasy; recently, it's been brought to my attention that I use the terms "muggle" and "squib" informally fairly often in roleplay. If I were to publish something, I'd not want to...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Yamikuronue‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I say that someone is black?

Sorry if this is an ancient solved problem to ask in 2019, but I googled about this and Quora isn't really answering me. I searched for the words black and race and politically as key-words on thi...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to describe movement in zero-G?

Within the setting of my personal project (a hard science fiction) I need to be able to describe movement in zero-G extensively. Because I wish to write a whole narrative involving very little gra...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Nicholas Wu‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Using profanity

I'm working on a war novel (sci-fi). My initial plan was for my MC to start out with a very clean language, almost comically clean, and as the plot progresses and the situation gets more FUBAR, his...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Galastel‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I improve my knowledge of English well enough to write in it?

I have a long-term goal to write a non-fiction book: a critical book about the current state of humanity's moral methodologies and how humanity is better off dead. Much like Friedrich Nietzsche but...

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by NelDoozy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Effective ways to enrich your active vocabulary? [closed]

I come across words like rectitude, like laudatory, like indigent, and being an experienced reader with a strong grasp on my native language, I know what they mean. They're words that I know. But ...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by temporary_user_name‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Improving my English

I'm keen in writing stories of my imagination. However, my Grammar is not up to the mark. Even I use very simple words and not complicated words like the ones who use in Novels. I read many great b...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Jairaj‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What are the words that were used during Shakespeare's time that are seldom used nowadays?

I would like to write a Shakespearean poem that reads and sounds like a poem written during that time period. However, I don't know where I can find an exhaustive list of words that were used durin...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by repomonster‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to avoid using "he/she/it" repetitively in action

Please do not make this a duplicate, I know there's a couple of questions like this, but they are not quite like my question, and their answers don't answer my question to the fullest, hence me ask...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by A. Kvåle‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to expand my vocabulary? [closed]

I wanted to write something for a long time. But what I think is, in writing the choice of words plays a very significant role. From where I can learn this thing? I think I don't have enough words ...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Harshit kyal‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Appropriate use of outdated vocabulary and terms?

I'm in the process of planning a story right now, without the intention of sharing it it with others, but I would like it to be comprehensible if I do. It's set in the 1880s and is formatted like a...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Wendigo King‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I explain personal details to my professor without being inappropriate?

I am writing an email to my professor in hopes that I can make up an exam that I missed. I missed the exam under fairly extreme circumstances, catching the flu and not being aware it was on that d...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ovi‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Reminding my professor to update a grade? [closed]

I am writing an email to my professor as a reminder to update my grade on a particular assignment. I had an assignment that is graded based on a written essay and a presentation. I submitted the wr...

0 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ovi‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to express in a better way? [closed]

Possible Duplicate: How to overcome the fact that I can't write? Normally I have good ideas to write, but when I come to writing those on paper it seems I don't have much vocabulary or g...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Surjya Narayana Padhi‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What linguistic tools do you use?

I've got a Flip Dictionary, a Thesaurus, my trusty Strunk&White, and I use the almighty GOOG(le) should I ever be unsure of the definition of a word. What does everyone else use? Is there some ...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Satanicpuppy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭