Bogus
Furlough
These are not Hindi or vernacular but English words.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Quote on 'Now'; Leo Tolstoy 'Three Questions'
Right 'Now' is the oldest you have ever been and the youngest you will ever be!
- Will Smith
Dear students
Use every moment in the best way you can!
- Will Smith
Dear students
Use every moment in the best way you can!
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Know more!
The longest word in the Infoplease Dictionary is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
In a field of over 122,000 headwords, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis beats out its closest competitor (supercalifragilisticexpialidocious) by 11 letters. Both have objections to them; the former was deliberately invented to be the longest word in the language, and has never been used in any other context, while the latter is an invented nonsense word.
Read more: The Longest English Word — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/longest-english-word.html#ixzz1t4gmWtyG
Tongue Twisters
Betty Bought some bitter butter, but the bitter butter was so bitter that Betty had to buy some more better butter to make the bitter butter better!
She sells sea-shells on the sea shore!
The Sixth sheikh's sixth sheep's sick!
Spectroscopic ken!
She sells sea-shells on the sea shore!
The Sixth sheikh's sixth sheep's sick!
Spectroscopic ken!
One-word substitute and suffixes
Sometimes a phrase or a sentence can be replaced by just one word. This substitution facilitates clarity and comprehension. It serves as a great tool in Precis writing as long paragraphs can be condensed into shorter ones while keeping the gist intact.
1.One who is easily deceived: gullible
Remember Gulliver's Travels!
2.Favour granted to lose relatives regardless of merit: nepotism
Catholic practice!
NB: when you see suffixes like 'archy', 'cracy' -think of systems of governance.
when you see the suffix '-cide' think of elimination
when you see 'loquism' or 'logos' think of speech
when you see '-logy' think of study
when you see '-phile' think of affinity or love
when you see 'sophia' think of knowledge
when you see '-graphy' think of writing
when you see 'auto' think of self
when you see '-ism' think of some ideology
when you see 'anthro' think of humanity
NB: Try some precis writing with the help of one-word substitutes.
1.One who is easily deceived: gullible
Remember Gulliver's Travels!
2.Favour granted to lose relatives regardless of merit: nepotism
Catholic practice!
NB: when you see suffixes like 'archy', 'cracy' -think of systems of governance.
when you see the suffix '-cide' think of elimination
when you see 'loquism' or 'logos' think of speech
when you see '-logy' think of study
when you see '-phile' think of affinity or love
when you see 'sophia' think of knowledge
when you see '-graphy' think of writing
when you see 'auto' think of self
when you see '-ism' think of some ideology
when you see 'anthro' think of humanity
NB: Try some precis writing with the help of one-word substitutes.
Monday, April 23, 2012
A ship- a whaling vessel
Columbus discovered America at the end of a voyage sponsored by the Spanish royals.This was in 1492. Above is a comic diagrammatic rendering of a ship.
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