begum F.
Subscriber since: November 2007
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About Me
I am FOuzia Begum,a V.T member.
All V.T writers are my favorite person. I enjoy reading their writing so much that their entire name is in my memory.
I want to practice the words but I cannot make time to do that every day.
English is not my first language; so I want to improve my English language - speaking, writing and reading performance.
I will be very glad if any member, especially Ben Zimmer recommends something for me to change my learning tactic.
Regards for all V.T personnel,
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Favorite Word:

scapegoat
It is my understanding that, many innocent persons have been used as scapegoat in everyday life events. These people are illiterate, and don't know any complexity of this world. So I feel for them.
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Least Favorite Word:

tyranny
Because, it reminds me all painful pictures of sufferrs.
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Favorite Quote:

""Finish each day and be done with it, you have have have done what you could"-"
- Emerson

Favorite Topics:

Books:

A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014 - 6 Comments
How A Personal Writing Style Develops
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers March 7, 2014 - 5 Comments

Creativity:

Calling All Writers: Introducing Figment
May 16, 2011
SciPlay, So Far
November 30, 2010 - 2 Comments

Dictionaries:

Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014
Which Word Should Go Into the Next Scrabble Dictionary?
April 3, 2014

Fiction writing:

The Power of General Statements
January 23, 2012 - 15 Comments
The Writer-Reader-Character Bond
August 8, 2011 - 12 Comments

Fun:

The Sweets of Easter
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 18, 2014 - 2 Comments
Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014

Grammar:

Adverb Placement, Generally and Specifically
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 7, 2014 - 7 Comments
"Over" Reaction: Copy Editors Gasp at AP Ruling on "Over"/"More Than"
March 21, 2014 - 6 Comments

Language:

What Shakespeare Knew About the Rhythms of English
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 16, 2014 - 3 Comments
A Powerful Debunking of Whorfian Exaggeration
April 14, 2014 - 6 Comments

Language arts:

The Real News About the Redesigned SAT
April 16, 2014 - 1 Comment
The Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings
March 14, 2014 - 3 Comments

Politics:

Nobody Likes a Whistleblower (or a Wrayer, Quadruplator, or Emphanist)
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers February 24, 2014
5 Years After Its Discovery, a Washingtonian Typo Lingers
February 17, 2014 - 10 Comments

Puzzle:

The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: March Edition!
March 21, 2008
The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: February Edition!
February 13, 2008

Reading:

Strangers in Our Midst: Words We Skip While Reading
April 9, 2014 - 4 Comments
For National Reading Month, Finding Vocabulary All Around Us
March 20, 2014

Spelling:

The Return of the Literary Spelling Bee
October 30, 2013 - 4 Comments
Spelling Malpractice: Of Vocal "Chords" and Digestive "Tracks"
September 26, 2013 - 8 Comments

Storytelling:

Type Casting
January 24, 2012 - 2 Comments
Shakespeare and the Hurricane
October 12, 2011 - 5 Comments

Teachers:

Small Things That Change Lives: How Teachers Make a Difference
November 21, 2013 - 4 Comments
Triple Play: Teaching Words in Threes
July 9, 2013 - 5 Comments

Teaching:

The Real News About the Redesigned SAT
April 16, 2014 - 1 Comment
The Problem with Punctuation: Some Classroom Findings
March 14, 2014 - 3 Comments

Usage:

"Staycation," "Bleisure," and Other Made-Up Travel Words
April 15, 2014
Adverb Placement, Generally and Specifically
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 7, 2014 - 7 Comments

Visual Thesaurus:

Word Cloud: A Film Inspired by the Visual Thesaurus
August 24, 2012 - 5 Comments
Reconsidering the Thesaurus
April 2, 2012

Web tools:

Twitter Me This: New Technology in the Language Arts Classroom
November 15, 2011 - 3 Comments
Tracking Dialects on Twitter: What's Coo and What's Koo?
November 4, 2011 - 4 Comments

Word Origins:

Baseball Lingo, from "Cup of Coffee" to "Southpaw"
April 8, 2014
A "Final Four" of March Madness Lingo
March 31, 2014

WordMasters:

WordMasters: Grade 8 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011
WordMasters: Grade 5 Gold Division Jan-Feb '11
January 31, 2011

Words:

"Staycation," "Bleisure," and Other Made-Up Travel Words
April 15, 2014
Scrabble Showdown: "Zen" Versus... "Geocache"?
April 9, 2014

Writer's block:

Getting Unstuck
July 24, 2008
Why You Should Think of Yourself as an Orange
June 4, 2008 - 11 Comments

Writers:

When Is the Best Time to Write?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 11, 2014 - 7 Comments
A Writer's Archive
April 4, 2014

Writing:

What Shakespeare Knew About the Rhythms of English
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 16, 2014 - 3 Comments
When Is the Best Time to Write?
premium content - available only to Visual Thesaurus subcribers April 11, 2014 - 7 Comments