Improve your writing ability by consulting a personal reference library

Box 50.2 Improve your writing ability by consulting a personal reference library 

We all know.that a dictionary helps with spelling-and definitionsr but how many ofrus use one effectively Ypu should  

Not all dictionaries are the same Ask your tutor or supervisor whether he/she has a preference and why. Try out the Oxford Advanced Learner s Dictionary, which is particularly useful because it gives examples of use of all words and helps with grammar, e.g, by indicating which prepositions to use with verbs. T. 

A thesaurus contains lists of words of similar meaning grouped thematically words of opposite meaning always appear.nearby. 

Roget s Thesaurus is the standard. Collins publish a combined dictionary and thesaurus. 

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