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Originally Posted by voracious71
I think that using the dictionary is fine. As a matter of fact, I think not using it is lazy. And not reading a book because it has "big words" is kind of lazy too.
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This is the type of comment that led to my first post. I have already explained that it was in jest. However I do resent being pitied or being called "lazy" because I don't routinely use a dictionary while reading.
I too read a wide range of books books and my vocabulary is challenged at times. I could press the word with my finger and get an instant definition if I wanted. However I prefer to try to work out what a word means from the context of the sentence, paragraph, chapter, or novel (whatever it takes!) As I indicated earlier that's what I was taught to do when I learnt to read.
Is that really being lazy?