Strive to use your words to encourage others.
A modest vocabulary is "good enough" but limiting. Expand yours when you can.
Eat your vegetables. Explore your world. Survive.
Wellesley Cooperative Nursery School celebrates 75 years in Natick’s historic 'big brown barn.'
To you is delegated the task of building your own vocabulary.
English expands in fits and starts. Will taihoa take off in Natick?
Do not betray yourself. Improve every day.
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What's your writing model? Romance, Suspense, Humor?
I will consistently recommend you NOT use words to menace others.
Words change, adapting to new uses. Adapt with them.
A word snack is a good thing EVERY afternoon.
I sometimes think I still need babysitting.
We will eventually get to it, even if it is in a roundabout way, this week.
a weekly visual idiom puzzle of common phrases
Do not let what you write horrify others...unless that is your intent.
Don't squawk if you don't know a word. Learn about it.
Clean language, like clean clothes make your ideas more acceptable.
U.S. and U.K. students surveyed say time savings, getting more sleep and having a more flexible schedule are key benefits
It is helpful if your speech is crystal clear.
Today is a good day to start a learning spree.
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Anger itself is counterproductive. Writing about it can be difficult to do, as well.
Politicians, media, bureaucrats cry wolf over “domestic terrorism” w/o understanding that, in a real confrontation theirs is the losing hand
Even if you don't know what it is, there's a good word for that, too.
Sometimes a word is a mistake.
You need not rush to learn new words, but it does not pay to be a straggler.
While some become obsolete (archaic), old words may stay with us, helping us historize.
Reprinted from LawOfficer.com, Apr 3, 2021 - Media hyperbole was the root cause of fabricating crimes that didn't exist.
Make friends with a new word or two today.
Over time, make note of your language transformation.
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Being too partial to particular words can lead to repetitive writing.
Language changes. Are you effectively nimble to know how to choose which changes to follow?
It is okay to occasionally bobble your words. Join in the laughter. Fix it later.
A weak vocabulary is correctable.
Work on your skills. Assemble words you can use...then USE THEM.
A program sponsored by the Natick 180 Coalition & the Substance Prevention Alliance of Needham (SPAN)
Refuse to merely button your lip. Stand fast, maintain your composure...and your perspective.
Develop your own style, but use words "most" people will understand.