The best way to expand your vocabulary?

[nq:1]Are there any programs that I can buy which will help me expand my vocabulary (An advanced vocab program. I have a mature vocabulary, so I'm not looking for anything for beginners).[/nq]
Not conveniently in one volume as you might wish, but the Reader's Digest each month has a vocabulary page of twenty items, usually grouped around a single theme.
Gary Williams

[nq:2]Are there any programs that I can buy which will ... mature vocabulary, so I'm not looking for anything for beginners).[/nq]
[nq:1]Not conveniently in one volume as you might wish, but the Reader's Digest each month has a vocabulary page of twenty items, usually grouped around a single theme.[/nq]
The Reader's Digest "It Pays To Increase Your Wordpower" (Now called "Word Power", I th

[nq:1]Are there any programs that I can buy which will help me expand my vocabulary (An advanced vocab program. I ... would assume reading books with advanced vocabulary wouldhelp. Does anyone have any recommendations for interesting books? Maybe your favorite book?[/nq]
I have found that reading "classics" is the best way (and I don't mean "Stephen King").
Keep a dictionary on hand. When

Tony Cooper wrote (re: Reader's Digest):
[nq:1] the jokes would give the reader an idea of American humor,[/nq]
Well that explains that.

wrote, in part, regarding Reader's (1) Digest :
[nq:1]I note that they also have Canadian and British versions. Perhaps others.[/nq]
Definitely many others, though maybe not in English. I don't know whether it still does, but the page with the masthead used also to have a list of editions. I seem to recall thirty-something distinct editions being listed.
(1) Sic.
Michael Hamm NB:

[nq:2]I note that they also have Canadian and British versions. Perhaps others.[/nq]
[nq:1]Definitely many others, though maybe not in English. I don't know whether it still does, but the page with the masthead used also to have a list of editions. I seem to recall thirty-something distinct editions being listed.[/nq]
It does not surprise me that there are other language versions. It is a

[nq:1]Are there any programs that I can buy which will help me expand my vocabulary (An advanced vocab program. I ... assume reading books with advanced vocabulary would help. Does anyone have any recommendations for interesting books? Maybe your favorite book?[/nq]
Why would you want to expand your vocabulary in some random fashion? Are there many situations where you currently think 'If only

[nq:1]I would think a subscription to Reader's Digest would be a great investment for those learning English. The articles are varied, the jokes would give the reader an idea of American humor,[/nq]
They have jokes in the Reader's Digest now? Wow! When did that start?
John Dean
Oxford

[nq:2]I note that they also have Canadian and British versions. Perhaps others.[/nq]
[nq:1]Definitely many others, though maybe not in English. I don't know whether it still does, but the page with the masthead used also to have a list of editions. I seem to recall thirty-something distinct editions being listed.[/nq]
At http://www

wrote, in part:
[nq:1]Why "Sic"? See: http://www.readersdigest.ca/ or http://www.rd.com/ They embrace the apostrophe.[/nq]
But it should be after the 's'.
'Sic' means 'thus', no?, and I usually (and above in this thread) use it to indicate 'it was wr