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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
As I said, I very rarely come across a word that I don't know the meaning of or can't infer from context. Of course if I really was totally stumped, I would look it up when I got home.
My point was, that if you are basing your choice of an e-reader on the availibility of a dictionary, then I would suggest that you don't read enough to make an e-reader a worthwhile investment.
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Your suggestion does not bear weight with me against my experience.
I based my choice of an e-reader on the "availability of a dictionary", and I have never
not been reading a book since...well, since as far back as I can remember. I
can infer meaning from context, and I'm also sure folks here would justly contest that my vocabulary is on occasion too impracticably broad for general social communication (that's most times a flaw, I know - I
am socially inept, a product of my antisocial introversion, no doubt). However, I have a pedantry for exact meaning (sometimes meaning inferred from context does not convey the complete intent of the author's use of the word), and a passion for words and their uses, abuses, misuses, and mischief, and a knowledge that some of the authors that I read
precisely select words for not just meaning but etymology - this passion is an intrinsic
part of my passion for
reading.
I would never buy an e-reader without user-selectable dictionary lookup.
Cheers,
Marc