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PsalmOneCares @everwonderwhy (7355) 27 Mar 19

Just a warmup for tonight. I want to see what happens with my play at homophones. **** Peek at words, it's no secret Spying, dare you speak it See her smiles peak? Write her a sonata, She married The Saurus, the fine...

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Profitable Timewasters

Just an Ordinary Owl? @owlwings (43897) • Cambridge, England 23 May 16

When I woke this morning, I had (I believe) quite a full list of things I wanted to accomplish today. Five or so hours later, it's nearly lunch-time and I haven't started or even thought about starting one of them! I have, it is...

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What is the meaning of "Vindictive Much"?

diamania @diamania (7011) • Netherlands 8 Jan 11

I was wondering what is the meaning of vindictive much and other idioms ending on 'much'?

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what do you mean by "mylot"

eduTreasure @eduTreasure (110) • India 17 Jul 10

i think mylot means my lottery. what do you think???

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Books for writers

crimsonladybug @crimsonladybug (3112) • United States 29 Nov 09

There are all kinds of books for writers. There are the Writer's Market books that list all the publishers opportunities for writers each year. There are books of prompts and the "Dummies" books for each different style of...

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Thesaurus for dummies anyone?

SomeCowgirl @SomeCowgirl (32189) • United States 7 Sep 09

A certain mylotter started a discussion suggesting a spelling dictionary, so here I am starting a discussion suggesting a thesaurus for dummies. I'm starting this discussion because said member has said a few word I'VE had to look...

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What do you use to check your grammar when Mylotting?

king4aday @king4aday (680) • Philippines 4 Apr 09

I always have a Microsoft office open when in mylot. Sometimes when they can't in find the word that I am looking for in microsoft word, I just google it. I also use a conventional thesaurus and dictionary but not as much. How...

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How did you come up with your nick here in myLot?

babyfuzz @babyfuzz (1078) • Philippines 10 Oct 08

In highschool, it got popular to give yourself a nick. (That was also before I knew about the internet). I looked in a Student's Thesaurus/Dictionary for words that best describe me. I coined the code name: fussy rival...

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Do Words Fascinate You?

Deborah L. Alten @gtargirl (5376) • United States 26 Sep 08

Well, I've finished my first novel. It's about 80,0000 words. One of the things I learned while writing this was that you have to know a gazillion words for the same word. I mean you can't write "contest" (for example )a million...

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Dictionary, Thesaurus, Or Both?

Darkwing @Darkwing (21583) 1 Jul 08

I was wondering, especially those who write, which you keep at home for reference... a dictionary, or a thesaurus, and what are your reasons for doing so? I have both... a Collins English Dictionary and a Roget's Thesaurus, as...

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For meanings and spelling which one do you use often, thesaurus or dictionary

bagumbayan @bagumbayan (2705) • Philippines 24 Mar 08

For me I used it both. I have both of them handy, at home and in the office. Dictionary you can see detailed meaning of the word you are using, prunounciation, spelling, etymology and the like. Thesaurus you can see the short...

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do you still have a webster's dictionary at home?

djmarion @djmarion (4898) • Philippines 15 Oct 07

during the time when technology is not yet this advance, webster's dictionary is very famous. most students use it when they want to know the meaning of the word they don't understand. now that computers are part of our daily...

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Which one do u use more often, the dictionary or the thesaurus?

sreekumarn86 @sreekumarn86 (777) • India 5 Sep 07

A dictionary is one which gives the definitions of all de words..meanwhile the thesaurus gives the antonyms and synonyms..a writer essentially needs a thesaurus while dictionary is optional..i use both though occationaly..which...

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Do you use Thesaurus?

sahyd2don @sahyd2don (2941) • India 5 Feb 07

How often do you use it.Do you use the online thesaurus or a book.

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Who's Thesauraus?

bhagya @bhagya (463) • India 18 Oct 06

Info About Theasaurus

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