Comments on: A to Z Challenge: T is for Thesaurus https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-445 Tue, 26 Apr 2016 03:25:33 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-445 In reply to Jackie.

They truly are. The thesaurus can be a great help and a hindrance if not used properly. Thank you for your input!

]]> By: Jackie https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-444 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 21:04:15 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-444 This is so true. It always takes me out of the story when I read I word I don’t recognize and have to think on the meaning or look it up. I understand needing to use a variety of words to keep your writing from being repetitive, but words that are too obscure are definitely distracting!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-443 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:11:19 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-443 In reply to Patricia Lynne.

Exactly. It gets to the point where the writers are talking over their readers, and who wants to be on the other end of that?

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-442 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:10:20 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-442 In reply to Jennifer Shelby.

See, I didn’t know that. It was a word I would have needed to look up, if I came across it in a book I was reading. It isn’t always bad to have to look up words, because that betters our understanding of the language, but you also don’t want to appear as though you’re talking over your readers. A fine line indeed!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-441 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:06:31 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-441 In reply to Liz Brownlee.

I believe you’re the second person that has suggested Roget’s. I’m definitely going to need to check it out!

]]> By: Jennifer Shelby https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-440 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 22:19:31 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-440 Bantam is also a type of chicken! Now THAT would be confusing. Watch out for the chicken edition everybody.

]]> By: Patricia Lynne https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-439 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:08:17 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-439 I have had stories been derailed by words I didn’t know. Very annoying. Sometimes I don’t even bother stopping. I just shrug off the fact that now the sentence is a big confusing and read on.

]]> By: Liz Brownlee https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-438 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 19:53:17 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-438 I use a Chambers Roget’s and it’s my favourite book. I love it. So many synonyms! Very useful, being a poet! ~Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-437 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 14:29:19 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-437 In reply to Amanda Fleet.

So true! Using thesaurus’s to a fault, will show up in your writing every time. Thank you for stopping by, Amanda!

]]> By: JHWinter https://frizzybee.com/a-to-z-challenge-t-is-for-thesaurus/#comment-436 Sun, 24 Apr 2016 14:25:24 +0000 http://blog.jhwinter.com/?p=713#comment-436 In reply to Anna (the drruth2point0).

Agreed! I’m glad you like them as much as I do!

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