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Self-tutoring about English: the tutor mentions a “new” word. granularity: how small the units of information are that a description considers. Granularity can be seen as how thorough a description is: a report with more granularity will include more details. …
Tutoring English, new words, especially short ones, are always interesting. The tutor mentions subsume. subsume: to include in a set of similar cases, perhaps for the purpose of classification or unification. Source: Gilmour, Lorna (editor). Collins Essential Canadian English Dictionary …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions something he noticed. The words acclimate and acclimatize mean the same – that is, to adjust to a new climate or reality. I’ve heard acclimatize often, but acclimate, seldom. Source: Mish, …
Tutoring English, you hear different pronunciations: sometimes a tutor feels the need to check. I’ve always said COMP-o-site. Yet, the other day I heard someone say comp-O-site. Their pronunciation surprised me, so I decided to check its validity. Merriam-Webster surprised …
Tutoring English, you notice some words have surprising definitions. The tutor mentions rarefied. I began about rarefied and its allies in my post from Sept 1. Now I continue: rarefied (adj) 1: thin, as a gas can be: present at …
Tutoring English, familiar words are interesting to research. The tutor mentions the meaning of vanguard. vanguard (noun): the leading group, possibly of a military action, an ideology, or a political movement. Source: dictionary.cambridge.org Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: …
Tutoring English, new words always arise. The tutor mentions antebellum. antebellum (adj): being of a time before a war. Typically, it describes things that existed prior to the US Civil War. The American slave trade, for instance, was antebellum. Some …
Tutoring English, homonyms are always interesting. The tutor mentions another pair. I’ll assume rabbit needs no definition. rabbet: an indent or groove cut into a surface, possibly so it can host a joining piece. Source: Mish, Frederick C. (editor). Merriam-Webster …
Tutoring English, vocabulary is always interesting. The tutor mentions the word eponymous. Eponymous is an adjective, and tells that something’s name isn’t due to itself; rather, it’s named after someone. Pi isn’t eponymous, but Planck’s Constant is. Source: britannica.com Barber, …
Tutoring English, a key idea may emerge any time. The tutor brings up transitive and intransitive. A transitive verb implies two entities: someone who performs the verb, but also its receiver. For instance, in the sentence [Suzie eats a snack.], …