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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Hi! One question. Did the native english use dictionary? And if they used why they understood? I mean, they tried to understand a word and the dictionary might be give a different words in word which they didn't know. Wheather they tried to dig that words. I hope you guys understand me. Thank you!
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I'm a native speaker with an above average vocabulary. I can't speak for all native English speakers, but I frequently look up words in the dictionary. Occasionally it's because its a word I don't know, but more often I just want to confirm my understanding of the meaning and use of the word, or I'm curious to see how the editors of the dictionary chose to define it.
- I'm a native speaker with an above average vocabulary.
- I can't speak for all native English speakers, but I frequently look up words in the dictionary.
- Occasionally it's because its a word I don't know, but more often I just want to confirm my understanding of the meaning and use of the word, or I'm curious to see how the editors of the dictionary chose to define it.
- If it's a word I don't know it is probably one that very few people would know, and the dictionary definition will use simpler, more widely known words to define it.
- If there were any words in the definition I didn't know I'd look them up too, and learn even more words.
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I'm a native speaker with an above average vocabulary. I can't speak for all native English speakers, but I frequently look up words in the dictionary. Occasionally it's because its a word I don't know, but more often I just want to confirm my understanding of the meaning and use of the word, or I'm curious to see how the editors of the dictionary chose to define it. If it's a word I don't know it
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