Comments on: Building Blocks http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/ Using Grammar and Good Manners to Save the World Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Is Your Vocabulary Holding You Back? http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 Is Your Vocabulary Holding You Back? Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:17:49 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-2862 [...] so easy to tell writers that words are tools and it’s good to have as many in the toolbox as possible. Mixing and matching words to form the perfect sentence, after all, is what writers [...] [...] so easy to tell writers that words are tools and it’s good to have as many in the toolbox as possible. Mixing and matching words to form the perfect sentence, after all, is what writers [...]

]]> By: lornadoone http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-203 lornadoone Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:31:39 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-203 *common (yeah, I'm a professional writer) *common

(yeah, I’m a professional writer)

]]> By: lornadoone http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-201 lornadoone Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:55:53 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-201 I just followed a link over from <i>Writing Thoughts</i>, and I'm happy to have found you. After reading your "about" page, I think we might just have a lot in commone! I'm looking forward to poking around more, and I'm adding you to my Google Reader. I just followed a link over from Writing Thoughts, and I’m happy to have found you. After reading your “about” page, I think we might just have a lot in commone! I’m looking forward to poking around more, and I’m adding you to my Google Reader.

]]> By: Of Note: Punctuality Rules! http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Of Note: Punctuality Rules! Sat, 15 Dec 2007 16:15:19 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-200 [...] Building Blocks - a post about words. [...] [...] Building Blocks – a post about words. [...]

]]> By: Joanna Young http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Joanna Young Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:12:17 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-197 Hi Deb, I'm with you here, though I think it's a hard balancing act to learn and enjoy new words without going overboard in throwing them into your writing when a plain word would do. It probably depends on where you're at with your writing and how comfortable and confident you are playing with words - including the confidence to use a word as plain as plain can be. By the way I think the only way to get a great vocabulary is to read as many books as possible. Your mind then does the sorting, sifting and learning for you and hey presto provides the perfect word just when it's needed. Joanna Hi Deb, I’m with you here, though I think it’s a hard balancing act to learn and enjoy new words without going overboard in throwing them into your writing when a plain word would do. It probably depends on where you’re at with your writing and how comfortable and confident you are playing with words – including the confidence to use a word as plain as plain can be.

By the way I think the only way to get a great vocabulary is to read as many books as possible. Your mind then does the sorting, sifting and learning for you and hey presto provides the perfect word just when it’s needed.

Joanna

]]> By: Gillian http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Gillian Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:17:33 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-196 Write on, Madame! I used to have a good vocabulary, as a kid. Now I search for words. Sometimes other languages get in the way too. Write on, Madame!
I used to have a good vocabulary, as a kid. Now I search for words. Sometimes other languages get in the way too.

]]> By: ktel60 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/comment-page-1/#comment-194 ktel60 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:23:45 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2007/12/13/building-blocks/#comment-194 You're right Deb. Words are great tools AND fun toys. There's a kind of pride of ownership when I can reach down into the toolbox and extract exactly the right implement for the job. You’re right Deb. Words are great tools AND fun toys. There’s a kind of pride of ownership when I can reach down into the toolbox and extract exactly the right implement for the job.

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