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ix. Why use repetitive expressions? Why say, for example, ‘It is audible to
the ear’ or ‘completely unanimous’, or ‘more better’, or ‘totally perfect’,
or ‘join together’, or ‘this afternoon at 3 p.m.’, or ‘most unique’? It is
sheer sloppy writing and must be avoided.
x. Arrange your sentences in such a way that the initial idea gets your
reader’s least attraction and your sentence progresses to the most
important final idea.
e.g., ‘Some of my professors have been bad, some excellent, some
indifferent, some fair’ should be re-written as ‘Some of my professors
have been bad, some indifferent, some fair, and some excellent’.

VOCABULARY

In the last example, you must have noticed that the word power seemed
to control the sentence construction. Often words are the lords of all they
survey in a sentence. Hence, vocabulary is like a diamond mine. The more
you cut and polish your unshaped jewels, the brighter they would be. Hence
in this unit, let us ‘better’ understand words.

Principles of Word Making

Words are the backbone of communication. Especially our written commu-
nication can never be precise unless our vocabulary, that is, our word power
is well-stocked, yet fresh.
To make newer, more effective words for precise writing:
1. Often two or simple words are compounded/joined together.
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e.g., nonetheless’, ‘undertake’, ‘quicksilver’, ‘blackboard’, ‘green house’,
‘hot house’, ‘cut-throat’, ‘dare-devil’.
2. Often prefixes are attached to the root to form words.
e.g., ante (before) + date = antedate
a (indifferent to) + theist = atheist
arch (main) + bishop = archbishop
3. Similarly suffixes can be placed after the base of the word to get new
derived usages.
e.g., demon → demonic → demonically → demonize
With one singular noun ‘demon’, we, thus, get an adjective (demonic),
an adverb (demonically) and a verb (demonize).
4. Often words came into existence through acronyms
e.g., The UNICEF helps disadvantaged learners.

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