Some of you will probably say that I should read books but it doesn't really work for me :( I have tried so many times. An example of the last time i tried was when I decided to go to the bookshop to buy me a book to read. I love romance, so I took " The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks " Obviously and unfortunately, I only read the first chapter as I always do and the book ended up as an auction on ebay.
Plz help.
2007-11-10 09:41:17 · 13 answers · asked by Yupeyd 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm adding these details because I thought it is important for me to mention that I would really like to write better English too, like better sentences and be clearer in what I say and MAINLY with professionalism. I'm a university student and I've reached a point where I don't have a clue about how to improve really.
2007-11-10 09:52:31 · update #1
get a dictionary and decide to teach yourself one new word a day. Open it up at random, pick a word, learn the definition and if possible use it in sentences during your day.
2007-11-10 10:52:49 · answer #1 · answered by speechy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read, Read, Read. Start with shorter books, or books on things you really enjoy. Try Janet Evonovich's Stephanie Plum series (1 for the Money is the 1st). The key is, every time you come up against a word you don't know, LOOK IT UP. If you go to http://www.m-w.com, it even has an audio that will give you the pronunciation. You can even keep a log of all of the words you have had to look up, so you can go back and study them. If you can't get interested in a book, use the same idea with magazines, or the computer (try Yahoo's OMG!). As a last resort, look up any word that you don't understand when you are watching TV.
Because of that technique, people called me "The Professor" - even before I went to college.
Good Luck!
c-ya
2007-11-10 17:55:20 · answer #2 · answered by bronte heights 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First I have to say that your vocabulary in your question looks pretty good to me. Perhaps you will laugh when you read my suggestion on improving it, even though it's something I do myself from time to time. I read the dictionary. It's actually very interesting, but not something people often do except when they look up a word.
I'd say that you can also find a book that says it alone will build your vocabulary... I suggest you look it over carefully though, to see if it suits your needs. If you shop on line, they say amazon.com has many, many titles. If you want to actually look at books-- the library and the bookstore are the places to go. Luck!
2007-11-10 17:51:57 · answer #3 · answered by LK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a good dictionary and each day randomly open it anywhere. Starting on the far left read the definition of each word and see how many are familiar to you. Read the definitions of those that are not. Do this religiously and you will see that your vocabulary is not as shallow as you may think and that you will enhance it considerably.
2007-11-10 17:54:27 · answer #4 · answered by googie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Reading is the best way to enhance your vocabulary. So you instead of saying "to buy me a book". For starters you need to start buy saying to by myself a book. Take some college classes, that always helps.
2007-11-10 17:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by joni 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crossword puzzles are great for that, they can be hard at times but are a fun way to improve your vocabulary. Just start with easy ones and move to harder ones. And when you really get stuck just check the answere for one or two and see if that helps you out with other tough questions in the puzzle.
2007-11-10 17:45:35 · answer #6 · answered by spkmyer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Readers Digest
2007-11-10 17:47:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read some Stephen King. That's sure to up your vocabulary. Other than that you can look up random words in the dictionary, define them, and try to use them when you talk to people. I do it all the time and it really helps me. (Up's my rep as a brainiac too! : )
2007-11-10 21:47:56 · answer #8 · answered by Audra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, since you don't want to read, I suggest watching allot of CNN. The news,or the weather channel would be good to watch too. They have very good vocabulary, and have to take communications courses to get their jobs, so, just listening to them talk could be quite helpful. Sometimes I watch CNN and find myself looking up words to understand the meanings better.
2007-11-10 18:00:10 · answer #9 · answered by Liz W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply and randomly open a dictionary every day and learn a new word everyday.
2007-11-10 17:46:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋