Daily Vocab Questions Thread

[Gogo14]

context is like in 1984 and how freedom is repressed.

[Syndicate]

hey,

Just wondering if someone can help me finding an alternative to "such". I am in process of writing my creative piece, and I keep using "such" to explain something from my text I am studying this year, Medea.

for ie. Such acts are widely condemned...
          Such hatred...

Thanks

[Joseph41]

hey,

Just wondering if someone can help me finding an alternative to "such". I am in process of writing my creative piece, and I keep using "such" to explain something from my text I am studying this year, Medea.

for ie. Such acts are widely condemned...
          Such hatred...

Thanks

How about this or these? As in, "These acts are widely condemned", or "This hatred". I sometimes use aforementioned ("The aforementioned hatred"), but IMO it doesn't sound good unless used in the appropriate context. Otherwise, you might need to change your sentence structure around; would you be able to give a more extended passage?

[Syndicate]

How about this or these? As in, "These acts are widely condemned", or "This hatred". I sometimes use aforementioned ("The aforementioned hatred"), but IMO it doesn't sound good unless used in the appropriate context. Otherwise, you might need to change your sentence structure around; would you be able to give a more extended passage?

Thanks for your help Joseph, really appreciate it 

I can't really post my work out here, as my school is quite strict when it comes to plagiarism (they might think I did it)  However, I do believe "these" works quite well in my piece 

Thanks once again 

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Nice

Good replacements for

make
create
assists/helps
forms/conjure

??

[Joseph41]

Nice

Good replacements for

make
create
assists/helps
forms/conjure

??

Hey!

Do you mean synonyms for each of those individually, or all of those words as a group (as they're all somewhat related)? And in what context(s)?

[clarke54321]

Would the use of the word 'belie' make sense in this sentence:

It is Medea's callous acts of violence which ultimately belie her final heroic status.

Thanks! 

[TheCommando]

How do i describe someone who for eg. When isobel wants to change her name to maeve
She automatically assumes that they would say no thats not your name, your name is isobel etc.

[TheCommando]

Thread makes me moist

[Joseph41]

Would the use of the word 'belie' make sense in this sentence:

It is Medea's callous acts of violence which ultimately belie her final heroic status.

Thanks! 

I think so, but what are you actually trying to say, here? (I didn't study English so I'm not 100% sure of the context, but could the meaning be invoked in a simpler way?)

How do i describe someone who for eg. When isobel wants to change her name to maeve
She automatically assumes that they would say no thats not your name, your name is isobel etc.

Could you rephrase this? Do you mean, how would you describe somebody who makes assumptions such as the one that you've listed with limited evidence? (Again, didn't study English.)

[TheCommando]

I think so, but what are you actually trying to say, here? (I didn't study English so I'm not 100% sure of the context, but could the meaning be invoked in a simpler way?)

Could you rephrase this? Do you mean, how would you describe somebody who makes assumptions such as the one that you've listed with limited evidence? (Again, didn't study English.)

Yes

[exit]

Hey!

Do you mean synonyms for each of those individually, or all of those words as a group (as they're all somewhat related)? And in what context(s)?

well i say these types ofsentences in analysis quite a bit and they become quite repetitive

He provides/gives information

Author makes the reader feel a sense of pride

They use an adjective to help/form/conjure stronger feelings.

This device creates a sense of pride in the audience.

Looking for words to make the analysis not seem so basic and repetitive.

[Joseph41]

well i say these types ofsentences in analysis quite a bit and they become quite repetitive

He provides/gives information
He offers information.
He informs.

Author makes the reader feel a sense of pride
The author invokes in the reader a sense of pride. (My personal favourite)
The author encourages from the reader a sense of pride.

They use an adjective to help/form/conjure stronger feelings.
They use an adjective to construct stronger feelings.
They use an adjective to establish stronger feelings.

This device creates a sense of pride in the audience.
This device manifests a sense of pride in the audience.
This device promotes a sense of pride in the audience.

Looking for words to make the analysis not seem so basic and repetitive.

How about these (added in red)?

P.S. At the end of the day, being repetitive is preferable to using a word strangely.

[Syndicate]

Hey guys,

Am I right saying that (I mean have I used the correct words in the right context?):

success is temporal, but also that those who adhere to materialism and desire for omnipotence, often fail to obey societal and social norms

[Joseph41]

Hey guys,

Am I right saying that: success is temporal, but also that those who adhere to materialism and desire for omnipotence, often fail to obey societal and social norms

I'm finding this difficult to interpret. In different words, what do you mean?