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Indispensable joy for any logophile!
by henry_thoreau | Nov 19 '06
Pros: Strategically selected and sequenced words are exhaustively, eruditely and entertainingly explained. Intermittent, brief, helpful reviews.
Cons: I wish the CD edition's track numbering corresponded exactly to the printed word-list numbering.
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Re: hey there h_t... (Reply to this comment)
by henry_thoreau,  in Books
Tom, thanks for your kind words, and thanks for sharing the "Epinions-advisor allusion" (I'm still chuckling).
Actually, I can't honestly report that any of the words I happened to employ for this particular review were derived via my (so far) relatively modest usage of Verbal Advantage. You see, I earned my M.A. in English way back in early 1984, and (until '94) I was formerly a high school English teacher for some years. (Thank god for "early retirement"!) Thus, I suppose I should already evince at least a passing familiarity with the mother tongue. ;-)
Even so, there are numerous terms in the advanced levels of Verbal Advantage that I had never previously encountered; indeed, I need still more practice with those CDs before I can declare myself quite "finished" with Elster's program.
Thereafter (as Elster himself recommends during one of his supplementary discussions), I expect to expand my working vocabulary still further via the best of all possible means: judicious reading.
Thanks again for your input!
--"Henry"
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Nov 19 '06
7:26 pm PST
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hey there h_t... (Reply to this comment)
by sleeper54, in Books
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As Danielle/CopeSullivan suggests, it seems you really have been using this product.
As one 'books' Advisor has posted on her user-page:
"This review contains too many big words. I don't understand 'em, and so, I'm agin 'em!"
Hopefully not too many readers here will have that reaction. If they do, hopefully they will check out this product.
Very nicely done.
...tom...
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Nov 19 '06
2:26 pm PST
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by henry_thoreau, in Books
Gee, thanks for the compliment, Danielle. I'd thought I'd somewhat restrained my characteristic loquacity. ;-)
--"Henry"
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Nov 19 '06
11:09 am PST
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by CopeSullivan
Might I just say (and this is a compliment mind you) that one just might need to purchase this in order to comprehensively read your review?!?!
Thank you, great review !
=)
Danielle
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Nov 19 '06
11:00 am PST
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