(March 16, 2013 at 9:07 pm)KichigaiNeko Wrote:(March 16, 2013 at 2:00 pm)whateverist Wrote: Oh I don't think Rayaan's understanding is through. (Don't give up Rayaan!)
I think you meant "thorough"(and I agree). I think your understanding need not be diminished by a limited vocabulary. As for the ability to communicate, there is a direct trade off between the number of 25¢ words you use and the number of readers who can (or will) follow what you have to say. So words which give you fine shadings of meaning are fine and good but they come at a cost.
There was a book I read some time ago called "Mother Tongue: English and how it got to be that way" which was loads of fun.
How about I insert "Language is not all about how many words you know."
Does that make it read better?
{Sorry...touch of sleep deprivation there. Mea culpa}
Many of the children who suffer from low vocabularies tend to also have a poor knowlege of proper grammer and other essentials of a proper command of the English language.
