Tag: synonym
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A Second Look at Synonyms — Part II
In my last post, I focused on words that are considered synonyms even though they have slightly different meanings. Subtle but potentially important differences were noted between recall, remember, and recollect as well as between jealousy and envy. In this post, we’ll focus on three more sets of synonyms where the words don’t quite have…
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Avoiding Excessive Repetition of Words
My dissertation, completed over 40 years ago, dealt with the antislavery movement in Ohio. Not surprisingly, various forms of the word “slavery” appeared frequently throughout my composition. Besides slaves themselves, there were slave laws, slave states, and slaveholders as well as debates on slavery, petitions on slavery, slavery supporters, and slavery opponents. Then, of course,…