Concordance Essay

Learning a language is an art. Mastering the language and learning vocabulary needs practice. Academic writing requires use of synonymous words to describe rich details. It is quite difficult to memorize a lot of words. An individual then depends on print or online versions of various dictionaries available today. People tend to have preferences of using such print or online versions. I prefer to use Thesaurus and Merriam Webster only for the reasons stated below.

I prefer to use thesaurus mainly for two reasons. When we search the synonym of a word using thesaurus, thesaurus states what type of speech is that word. For example Thesaurus states whether it is a noun, verb, or adjective and so forth. The synonyms of the words we enter in the search are displayed as to the closer meanings and highlighted a bit dark. This gives us clue to choose the word appropriately and use it.

Merriam Webster is another favorite website of mine like, Thesaurus and gives a detail explanation or definition of the word. Additionally, Merriam has a link defined for English-Language learners and this link gives us meaning and also gives examples of using these words in sentences. Some idioms and phrases using the words we search are also listed.  These dimensions help a learner to come up with different ideas and make use of the best with respect to his or her requirement.

Another reason to like the mentioned web sites for any word assistance is because of the popularity in the google search. The google search lists Thesaurus and Merriam on top of any other sites. Thesaurus and Merriam sites serve the purpose and have a clarity of how to use the words in sentences; what do the words mean in idioms and phrases. I therefore prefer to use Thesaurus and Merriam to any other websites for my word-meaning search and synonyms. SA