Examples of general words in the following topics:
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- General words and specific words are not opposites.
- General words cover a broader spectrum with a single word than specific words.
- Specific words are a subset of general words.
- You can increase the clarity of your writing by choosing specific words over general words.
- Here's an example of general and specific words in a sentence:
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- Variation four, $D \rightarrow X + Y$ , refers to the act of defining a word in a certain way.
- It is not a claim that this is what the word means when it is used by people in general or even how it is used by any other particular people.
- "When I use this word", he or she is warning us, "this is what I mean, no more, no less. " Of course the person creating the definition may hope that if people find the definition useful it will catch on and pass into general usage.
- The other option is to borrow an already existing word whose general meaning is close to your new definition, and announce that when you use this word, this is what you mean.
- This is what I am doing in Chapter 2 of this book when I define laws as general rules of action enforceable by sanctions.
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- Writers use italics to emphasise certain words such as titles, scientific words, and foreign words.
- When using a word processor (like Microsoft Word) italicized words generally look like this:
- In general, italics are used to identify the title of a major publication (such as a book, newspaper, or magazine), for emphasis, for scientific or technical words, and for foreign words.
- Words in foreign languages should also be italicized.
- Otherwise, foreign words
should be italicized.
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- Hyphens ("-") connect two words to make a single
word.
- The dash is
a form of punctuation that comes in between words whereas hyphens combine words.
- Like most components of English punctuation, hyphens have general rules
regarding how they should be used.
- While it is possible (especially in American
English) to attach these prefixes without hyphens, it is generally helpful to
hyphenate when the letters brought into contact are the same.
- In general, values and
units are hyphenated when the unit is given as a whole word:
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- The phoneme /r/ has no meaning on its own, but by appearing in the
word it has completely changed the word's meaning!
- Some morphemes are individual words
(such as "eat" or "water").
- Lexemes
are the
set of inflected forms taken by a single word.
- In languages like Finnish, word order doesn’t matter for general
meaning—different word orders are used to emphasize different parts of the
sentence.
- Speech sounds make up phonemes, which make up words.
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- No general answer can be given to this question, because either approach has both advantages and disadvantages, and the ratio between them in a particular case will depend on the circumstances.
- The word laws—defined herein as general rules of action enforceable by sanctions—is an old word with a new, precise meaning.
- Originally, I had no special word for this meaning.
- ) when I used the word law in this sense.
- This not only made clear the fact that I meant something other than law in its sense as a general rule of action, but it also expressed the disgust which I feel is appropriate when we encounter such things.
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- To promote and manage word-of-mouth communications, marketers use publicity techniques to achieve desired behavioral response.
- Word of mouth, or viva voce, is the passing of information from person to person by oral communication.
- Word-of-mouth marketing, which encompasses a variety of subcategories, including buzz, blog, viral, grassroots, brand advocates, cause influencers, and social media marketing, as well as ambassador programs, work with consumer-generated media.
- Marketers place significant value on positive word-of-mouth, which is traditionally achieved by creating products, services, and customer experiences that generate conversation-worthy "buzz" naturally.
- The relatively new practice of word-of-mouth marketing attempts to inject positive "buzz" into conversations directly.
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- This systematic approach to word building and term comprehension is based on the concept of: (1) word roots, (2) prefixes, and (3) suffixes.
- One approach involves breaking down the word by evaluating the meaning of the suffix first, then prefix, and finally the word root.
- This will generally produce a good result for the experienced health care professional.
- Once a term is located, the response will be subdivided into several basic formats, including General usage, Medicine, Law, Business, and others.The use of a medical dictionary or Internet search engine is most helpful in learning the exact meaning of a medical term.
- However, if the basic concepts of word building are understood, many words are understandable to the student of medical terminology.
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- At the same time, keep in mind that your word choices affect the attitudes your readers have toward you and your subject matter.
- You also need to choose words that will increase your communication's persuasiveness.
- Word choice could make a difference in how your voice is heard and your writing is perceived.
- A formal tone and more official word selection leads to a very different type of piece than an informal tone and simpler word selection.
- In general, you are keeping the audience in mind when you:
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- Effective communication should generate and maintain the desired effect, and offer the potential to increase the effect of the message.
- The goal of communication is usually to generate action, inform, create understanding, or communicate a certain idea or point of view.
- Effective communication only happens when the words and symbols used create a common level of understanding for both parties.
- Ambiguous words/phrases that sound the same but have different meanings.
- Carefully considering word choice, mode of message, and the intended audience can eliminate many barriers to communication.