tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post7091070943031130002..comments2023-09-23T23:34:02.905-05:00Comments on A Little Reading: Booking Through Thursday: VocabularyJLS Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11779539758815705415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-77890088162026098432008-04-18T19:53:00.000-05:002008-04-18T19:53:00.000-05:00I can read through difficult words but write in si...I can read through difficult words but write in simpler ones for my poetry. Reading and writing, and speaking are so much different from each other.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://readingandmorereading.blogspot.com/2008/04/booking-through-vocabulary.html" REL="nofollow">Here is my BTT post!</A>gautami tripathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-76419906819822472042008-04-18T04:55:00.000-05:002008-04-18T04:55:00.000-05:00I do editing and proofing work for a living and I ...I do editing and proofing work for a living and I agree that it gives you certain habits: in my case it's the driving need to make sure I understand everything!<BR/><BR/>I also like your observation that our reading vocabulary is usually different to our spoken vocabulary. I'd never thought of it like that, but's true, isn't it? The next question then, is why?Paula Westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257475233897059248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-58885847377046022632008-04-17T10:43:00.000-05:002008-04-17T10:43:00.000-05:00I have a PhD in English and can't spell either. T...I have a PhD in English and can't spell either. This might be one of the reasons that I do look up words, because I am so used to having a dictionary on hand to make sure that I'm spelling things correctly. As a teacher you just can't afford to get either spelling or meaning wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402592.post-84253482600326548492008-04-17T09:21:00.000-05:002008-04-17T09:21:00.000-05:00So, you have a living dictionary. That must come i...So, you have a living dictionary. That must come in handy!Chrisbookaramahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11972547663609480210noreply@blogger.com