Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoIf you're reading something and you don't understand a word, should you stop and research it or should you keep reading the whole thing first?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareIf you're reading something and you don't understand a word, should you stop and research it or should you keep reading the whole thing first?Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoThat doesn’t address why you are so confident your guesses about context clues are always correct. Why wouldn’t you look it up anyway to make sure you understood correctly?
minus-squareAgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoSometimes it doesn’t matter. If I had a whole page describing this man, I’ll most likely get the gist. I’m just not the type to look up every word I come across.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoThen I’ll repeat what I told you before: you should learn properly instead of guessing.
minus-squareAgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI’ll consider it. Thank you.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·10 months agoYou’re welcome! You can chalk this up to your first new learning experience.
That doesn’t address why you are so confident your guesses about context clues are always correct.
Why wouldn’t you look it up anyway to make sure you understood correctly?
Sometimes it doesn’t matter. If I had a whole page describing this man, I’ll most likely get the gist. I’m just not the type to look up every word I come across.
Then I’ll repeat what I told you before: you should learn properly instead of guessing.
I’ll consider it. Thank you.
You’re welcome! You can chalk this up to your first new learning experience.