Dictionary
- Do you often use a dictionary?If yes, how often and what for? If no, why not? If not very often, say how often and why not very often?
Yes, I use a dictionary quite often. I use it almost on a daily basis to see meanings of difficult words or the vocabulary that is new to me. I like to enhance my knowledge for more and more words and for that purpose , I use a dictionary on a daily basis.
- Do you prefer to use an electronic dictionary or a dictionary made of paper?
I prefer to use an electronic dictionary to a paper one because an electronic dictionary is convenient to use, keep and carry. They can be downloaded on smartphones and we do not have to flip pages to look for a word’s meaning.
- If someone gave you a dictionary as a gift, how would you feel?
I will feel very happy as it would be a useful gift for me or anyone. We keep coming across new words and I believe that everyone should have a dictionary to search for their meanings.
- Do you think it would be interesting to write a dictionary? OR Do you think it would be interesting to be part of a team that is writing a dictionary?
Yes, I believe it would be pretty interesting to write the details of all the words, like which part of speech they form, its synonyms, origin , how a word is used in the form of an adjective or noun. Also there are many words which have more than one meaning. Also its pronounciation is written in brackets below the word because not all the words are pronounced the way they are spelled.
- What kind of person do you think writes a dictionary?
Lexicals who write dictionaries have an in-depth knowledge and also know the origin and history of vocabulary words. It requires a great deal of preciseness, hard work , perfection and patience to write a dictionary.
