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Booksnme
Subscriber since: December 2008
Location: Nottingham, MD
About Me
Married. Interests include: World Mythology/Religion, Archaeology, Computers, Pets, Bonobo news
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Favorite Word:
appreciate
It conveys empathy, but seems to have lost that meaning in general usage.
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Naomi Z.
(Colleyville, TX)
TClaire
(Tucson, AZ)
kasif N.
ahmad K.
(Jordan)
mellisa J.
(NY)
Stephanie C.
(NY)
Ron W.
(KS)
Deja
(GA)
Least Favorite Word:
must
It is generally used to attempt to compel one to do something for sympathy's sake.
Other subscribers who dislike this word:
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(United Kingdom)
nina 2.
Howard L.
(Spring, TX)
Elena B.
(Russian Federation)
Favorite Quote:
"Hell is other people."
- Jean-Paul Satre
Favorite Topics:
Books:
"Yes, I Could Care Less": A Mixed Bag
May 15, 2013
- 9
Comments
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
Creativity:
Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010
- 2
Comments
Dictionaries:
A Taxing Day for Dictionaries
April 15, 2013
A Worldly Tour of the Oxford English Dictionary
January 23, 2013
- 3
Comments
Grammar:
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
Comments
Such Examples as These
May 20, 2013
Linguistics:
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Meronymy?
May 1, 2013
- 11
Comments
What's Happening?
March 1, 2013
- 6
Comments
Reading:
Staring, Glancing and Glaring Through Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"
March 7, 2013
- 2
Comments
Writing Packed with Life
February 4, 2013
- 5
Comments
Spelling:
Scripps National Spelling Bee Adds Vocabulary Questions
April 11, 2013
- 3
Comments
Rosanne Cash Knows Her "Ischium" at a Literary Spelling Bee
November 20, 2012
- 1
Comment
Usage:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1
Comment
Participial Con-Fusion: When Possession is the Law
May 22, 2013
- 3
Comments
Word Origins:
Season Openers: Baseball Terms and Myths
April 23, 2013
March Madness: Are You Betting on "Chalk"?
March 22, 2013
Words:
Leaning Back to Look at "Lean In"
May 23, 2013
- 1
Comment
"Beat-Upedness"?
May 21, 2013
- 5
Comments
Writing:
Balzac's "Lost Illusions": a Novel in Contrasts
May 14, 2013
- 2
Comments
How to Overcome Your Writing Shame
May 13, 2013
- 4
Comments
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