07-04-2004, 09:00 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
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Can I Learn To Speak Gooder English?
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that Brad's already got a pretty good vocabulary and doesn't need to try to make it gooder. Well, even with people like me there is always room for betterness, and the Power Words Today screen plug-in can help.
"Wake up to learn a new word every day and improve your word power one word at a time! Included is a year's worth of words, and a new word is displayed every day, automatically changing with the day of the week."
Power Words displays vocabulary words one at a time on your Today screen, but you can also review the collection of all of the words.
You can get a free demo and choose from three different year-long vocabulary lists, each for $10.00. As always, you can grab these easily from the Handango site. I'm a firm believer in self improvement, so I think I'm gonna take a good look at this software. It's a lot easier than doing situps, that's for sure.
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07-04-2004, 02:37 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 8,228
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Cool. More better stuff.
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07-04-2004, 03:25 PM
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Oracle
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 830
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this is one of the goddest titles is sawed in awhile
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07-04-2004, 03:44 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,725
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hmm...I could prolly use this, preparing for the SATs and all. :| I do already get the M-W word of the day emails (half the time I just skip over them) and have a word-a-day calendar. And my today screen is pretty crowded anyway. Think I'll just live with what I have.
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07-04-2004, 05:34 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 329
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Perhaps it is my lack of education showing, but of the three packs that are shown, there does not seem to be any indication of what words are in the pack. Are the three packs all just random words, or is here a theme to the words that I am missing?
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07-04-2004, 06:45 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 1,398
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A great, simple idea! Cool! 
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07-04-2004, 09:19 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 5,616
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I'd go for this over sit-ups anyday. Sit-ups make me dizzy. :crazyeyes:
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07-05-2004, 07:00 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 761
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Sit-ups can increase your vocabulary? I didn't know that.
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07-05-2004, 10:41 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 539
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lmao !
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07-05-2004, 01:24 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 69
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This software could broaden its market to people learning English by adding more information - whether the word is a noun, verb etc, how it is pronounced, its plural or verb forms.
Now if someone will just develop a version for German, I'll buy it. So far the only German word a day I've found is rather basic and lacking in the grammatical information that a non-native speaker needs.
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