Friday, October 5, 2012

Building your vocabulary...

5 easy steps.

From the Art of Manliness:

The Importance of Building Your Vocabulary (And 5 Easy Steps to Doing It)
Awhile back, we offered advice on how to remove empty filler from your speech by minimizing how often you say “uh” and “um.”

Today, we’re going to talk about removing another kind of filler from your speech (and your writing as well): empty words. Just like empty calories have the form of food but offer no nourishment to the eater, empty words take the form of verbiage, but offer no substance to the listener – leaving them hungry for meaning and details.

While “uh’s” and “um’s” can be eliminated altogether, empty words need to be replaced with heartier fare. Stocking your cupboard with such means building a large and varied vocabulary.
It seems like the only people who think about building their vocabulary are young adults who are preparing for standardized tests. Which is a shame, as expanding our vocabularies should be a lifelong pursuit. Why so? Because a command of words can benefit your life in many ways.  read the rest



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