The question: Writing guides, grammar books, punctuation how-tos . . . do you read them? Not read them? How many writing books, grammar books, dictionaries–if any–do you have in your library?
My answer: I only read about grammar when I was still in school during English lessons! Even if there were such books at home, I've never read them. They're too dull for me. But I do like reading the dictionary though. It's fun learning new, interesting words. The dictionary makes me feel smarter too, in a way.
I have around 4 dictionaries. My trusty Oxford Advanced Learners is one. I also have a Malay-English dictionary as well as a Spanish-English one too. Oh, and I bought a Collins Dictionary & Thesaurus last year. One can never have too many dictionaries!
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10 hours ago
I'm impressed that you actually read your dictionaries. I have a few dictionaries but use them only for reference. These days, I use online dictionaries more often than not :)
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ReplyDeleteI use online dictionaries too but only when I'm too lazy to get up and walk over to where my dictionaries are! I'm too lazy at times.
Right! One can't have too many dictionaries!
ReplyDeleteMy BTT post!
dictionaries. huge, tiny, thick, thin, advanced-learner and students'.
ReplyDeleteindeed having em all is a yeah xD
i'm having a concise oxford dictionary app in my lappie. too lazy to browse through the superthickyetfuntoberummaged dictionary. heh
gautami tripathy: A few good dictionaries is good enough. =)
ReplyDeletefara: Haha! Yeah, having a dictionary on the computer or online is really convenient.