Strengthen your English

Strengthen your English
Improve your vocabulary
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A person is said to be strong at a language only when he acquires
soundly the four skills of the language viz.speaking, understanding,
reading and writing. In exhibiting these skills vocabulary plays a
major role. Possession of command over a large number of words is like
having ready money in one's own bank account The more we improve our
vocabulary the more the number of words we will have at our command. A
large number of words at our beck and call places us in good stead in
displaying the above four skills. But how can we improve our
vocabulary?

For this purpose words may be classified in to four kinds- Strangers
Acquaintances, Relatives and Friends. Strangers are those words which
we come across for the first time. We do not have any previous
knowledge about them. As and when we come across them we get some what
closer to and familiar with them Getting closer to a word implies our
knowing its meaning .spelling .pronunciation, and usage which also
includes the niceties in using the word to give special flavour to the
language we employ to better efficiency and proficiency our speech and
writing and which also enables us to understand and appreciate when
others use such language. When we achieve these tasks to a
considerable level with regard to the words, they become our relatives
that can be relied upon .But we all know that there is a difference
between a relative and a friend. Our good friends are more reliable,
dependable trustworthy, and helpful than most of our relatives .In
fact we believe our friends and share with them even our personal
secrets. We approach them freely with out any reservation and seek
their advice and help. In the case of relatives we feel and face many
constraints.

Hence our vocabulary widens and our use of language becomes more
effective when we have complete knowledge of a larger number of words.
When we know the words fully they become our friends and always be with
us in our memory or our word bank. They help us to express our
thoughts clearly, succinctly and effectively with full authority .If
one is eager to improve one's vocabulary one should make more and more
strangers one's acquaintances, more and more acquaintances-relatives
and more and more relatives-friends. Ultimately how one can achieve
this depends on one's interest and effort

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