tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post2429866438064316052..comments2023-10-10T17:53:18.369+08:00Comments on Chapter III: Lesleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175734326888791038noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-65140783329497172762008-04-18T21:44:00.000+08:002008-04-18T21:44:00.000+08:00Ah, Les, you've got the two biggies! I'm so infuri...Ah, Les, you've got the two biggies! I'm so infuriated by the whole lie/lain/lay lay/laid/laid issue that I now correct library books in INK! But I have given up on enormity/enormousness. I think we have lost the particular meaning of 'enormity' for ever. Shame.<BR/>What about this: those words you look up once, twice ... still forget the meaning and have to look them up yet again. Or is it just me???Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02291355846454553030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-90873747870886005752008-04-18T18:43:00.000+08:002008-04-18T18:43:00.000+08:00I keep a dictionary and a notebook beside my bed, ...I keep a dictionary and a notebook beside my bed, a dictionary in the kitchen and a giant, as in, THE macquarie dictionary in my office. Love dictionaries, I do. Obsessive perhaps.<BR/><BR/>I have been known to circle poorly edited sections of a novel. But not that often, because really, who am I to talk? I am my own worst editor.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831936165024410678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-55648163055940169602008-04-18T10:52:00.000+08:002008-04-18T10:52:00.000+08:00Yes, noticing misused words can be frustrating - a...Yes, noticing misused words can be frustrating - also when people get their clichés muddled up!<BR/>I tend not to stop to look up, although I've just realised that when I'm reading non-fiction I'm much more likely to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-59634209238260525312008-04-18T05:53:00.000+08:002008-04-18T05:53:00.000+08:00I'm not a looker-upper; but like you, I find there...I'm not a looker-upper; but like you, I find there aren't many words I don't know.Mareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12928083444845381275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-88397950848798290992008-04-18T04:32:00.000+08:002008-04-18T04:32:00.000+08:00I look up too, except of course if I'm too engross...I look up too, except of course if I'm too engrossed in the book to stop reading, or if I'm reading in bed. (I forgot about that when I wrote my answer.)BooksPleasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721650104596705715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-19055250454251914592008-04-18T00:35:00.000+08:002008-04-18T00:35:00.000+08:00Interesting how many of us say we ask our husbands...Interesting how many of us say we ask our husbands for answers when we're stumped. Although if I asked mine a question about the Black Death while he was trying to sleep, I'd probably be banished to the sofa for life!jlshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03268434704970729620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481340601069600500.post-38382461794407657262008-04-18T00:13:00.000+08:002008-04-18T00:13:00.000+08:00I'm a 'looker-upper' as well. I just love finding...I'm a 'looker-upper' as well. I just love finding new words, especially if they have a wonderful ring in the ears when you say them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com