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| Richard Hershberger to Beaver Fever |
| Re: Question About Writing |
| 12 Oct 20 08:18:50 |
From: rrhersh@gmail.com On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 10:32:39 PM UTC-4, Beaver Fever wrote: > Is using a thesaurus because the right word doesn't come to me naturally considered cheating? It's not cheating, but it is dangerous. True synonyms are rare. Make sure to check that word you found, looking it up in the dictionary to make sure it really means what you want to say. --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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