The WORDmeister says: For Day 3 of Final Exam Week as the first half of this WORD season comes to a close, some enduring advice for students completing projects and exams.
Know Words
“To
love anything, you must first know it. To love words, you must first know what
they are. . . . They have their own historical and etymological associations,
their own romantic and environmental dalliances, their own sonic and visual
delights.”
—John
Bremner (1920-1997), journalism professor, in the introduction of his Words on Words:
A
Dictionary for Writers and Others Who Care About Words, URL
(Thanks to alert WORDster Mark Larson)
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