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Cybele May @ Mon, 2007-12-17 15:33

I saw this quote at the bottom of one of those corporate newsletters that I get via email and thought of my dear NaNoPals.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

by Burt Bacharach

Oh, man that it so true. I can't imagine a better way to expand your vocabulary than the search for substitute words that are easier to spell!


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Karen Zara
Tue, 2008-07-01 20:04
 

My teachers would often talk about the advantages of replacing hard-to-spell words by easier synonims -- oops! I mean, synonyms. :-P

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Stacie
Fri, 2008-02-29 20:39
 

I think this about captures every writer's experience. I very rarely take out the dictionary when writing. I just joined National Writing Month tonight and am exited for November!

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