2006-09-07 12:56:26 · 10 answers · asked by calisweet61 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The Dictionary.
The Thesauraus
Then any and all other types of books, just find books that you like. I found that I had to have a dictionary nearby when I read Elizabeth Peters novels because she has a fondness for long words.
2006-09-07 13:20:50 · answer #1 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A dictionary.
English as She is Spoke by José da Fonseca and Pedro Carolino. Um...no, actually don't read that at all. It will make your english worse. "...neither of the authors credited with the work could speak English, and that they used a French-English dictionary to translate an earlier Portuguese-French phrase book O Novo guia da conversação em francês e português, which had been written by José da Fonseca alone. The Portuguese-French phrase book is apparently a competent work..."
it's hilarious.
2006-09-07 20:04:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For an excellent read and a colourful turn of phrase you could read A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.
For sheer brilliancy Jane Austen is a must.
2006-09-07 21:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by flugelberry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
J.R. Tolken/ C.S. Lewis/ George McDonald/ Jane Austin. All sorts of classice poems Emily Dickinson/Wordsworth/Frost/ Browning
2006-09-07 21:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by lgw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is up to the kind of vocabulary you want to build, for example I would read poetry (ee cummings, pound, etc) for unusual words, I would read novel (coetzee, faulkner, etc) for more usual yet important words, I would read magazines for slang, I would read the new york times for a little bit of everything.
2006-09-07 20:00:44 · answer #5 · answered by petelephant 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The dictionary
2006-09-07 19:58:37 · answer #6 · answered by Bob G 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
anything by jane austen or carol sheilds
2006-09-07 20:55:20 · answer #7 · answered by mom3kids&adog 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
read books that interest you
2006-09-07 20:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Crime and Punishment' by F. Dostoyevsky.
2006-09-07 19:58:34 · answer #9 · answered by Bronweyn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a)The dictionary'
b)The encyclopedia
c)Anything you can understand.
2006-09-07 20:57:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋