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I love to write read and seek knowledge. I first observe then think then write what is on my mind in English, my native tongue. I took from the language what I could understand and used it to be understood. I am now learning words have several meanings different from the core or original word. I have to relate when I find a word I do not understand to another meaning I do understand. Words to me are tools too use to seek for knowledge too understand. I try to relate a word to the sentence and structure the sentence around the word too be understood.

In doing so I have thought about trying to understand what the other person is saying...my way and not totally their way. Is this action the right way to read understand and or interpret my way of trying to understand what the writer said?Email Removed" mce_href="mailto:Email Removed">

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

It sounds like a promising approach.

Raindoctor · Answer

pljamesI am now learning words have several meanings different from the core or original word. I have to relate when I find a word I do not understand to another meaning I do understand.

A word can have multiple senses; that's why multiple meanings are listed in dictionaries.

pljamesIn doing so I have thought about trying to understand what the other person is saying...my way and not totally their way. Is this action the right way to read understand and or interpret my way of trying to understand what the writer said?

It is right to the extent that you won't try to understand what electron means today using Greek's meaning of electron.

Pljames · Answer

Could I misunderstand what the writer meant by his use of ambiguios words? Which I deplore! My perfection addiction blinds me for interpreting what I think they should have used. I seek basic and straight forward words. I am being to perfected in my allusion too be perfect? I now wonder? pljames

Anonymous · Answer

pljamesCould I misunderstand what the writer meant by his use of ambiguios words? Which I deplore! My perfection addiction blinds me for interpreting what I think they should have used. I seek basic and straight forward words. I am being to perfected in my allusion too be perfect? I now wonder? pljames

Imagine, for instance, that you are a biology book, the author expects to have a certain background knolwedge. This back ground knowledge helps disambiguate words. In this process, dictionary may or may not be helpful that much.

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