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What do you call a person that uses big words incorrectly?
A person who uses big words incorrectly is often referred to as a malapropism. This term refers to the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one with a different meaning.
How do you use the word association?
You can use word association by linking words together based on their similarities or connections. This technique is often used in memory games, creativity exercises, and psychology studies to explore how people's minds connect words.
Why does the English language have big words?
a lot of bigger words are just combinations of different roots, so ironically, longer words are easier to know if you know the roots, such as pre-, -itis, necro-, etc. ____ There are lots of reasons. One reason is that some words were formed from more than one small words... expressing a more complex idea. Another reason is that English got a lot of words from other languages, and some of those words were big.<br><br>Another reason is scientific names... there are longer and more complex names for things like goats and horses that are used in science, in order to be more specific and exact. ... this is actually the same reason that many people use bigger words, because a big word might have a more specific and exact meaning than a shorter one. "Horrifying" is more specific, and incorporates more nuances of meaning than "scary," for instance.<br><br>Another reason is that people make up new words every day... and when people start using the words, they are adopted into the language officially. "Jazzercize" is a big word that some people use that is different in meaning from "Jazz" or "Exercise," and offers a lot of the meaning of both words.<br><br>Sometimes, though not as often as most would think, a small word and a big word have exactly the same meaning, and people use the bigger one to impress or just to sound less redundant.<br><br>Personally, I think that big words add a lot to the language... they offer more freedom to say things the way you want to say them, with layers of meaning. If you don't like that, you might want to look into an idea that a man named George Orwell wrote about in a book called "1984" ... His idea was to cut out all the extra words and simplify the language a lot, because when you limit what people can say, you also (in his mind) limit what they can think. Instead of wasting words on saying thing are bad, why not say ungood? And instead of all the different words for bad or good, just say "double" or "plus" with it... things like that. An interesting idea. I don't really agree with it, but might be something you would enjoy if you don't like big words. :)
How many sounds can you hear in these words quit drip still big did split ill thrill thin using hand taps or clapping 1 2 3 4 5 as you say the word?
There are 5 sounds in the words "quit", "drip", "still", "big", "did", "split", "ill", "thrill", "thin". You can use hand taps or clapping to emphasize each sound as you say the word.
Do you use an or a before an h word?
It depends on how the "h" word is pronounced. Use "a" before words where the "h" is pronounced as a consonant sound (e.g., "a house"). Use "an" before words where the "h" is silent and the word is pronounced starting with a vowel sound (e.g., "an hour").
