Comments on: A Review of Roget’s Thesaurus? Well, yes, sort of. http://authorscoop.com/2009/06/05/a-review-of-rogets-thesaurus-well-yes-sort-of/ The Latest in Literary News Wed, 23 May 2012 09:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: SEO Copywriting Insights That Rank Your Site | Internet Marketing http://authorscoop.com/2009/06/05/a-review-of-rogets-thesaurus-well-yes-sort-of/#comment-6043 SEO Copywriting Insights That Rank Your Site | Internet Marketing Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:25:20 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=4959#comment-6043 [...] A Review of Roget’s Thesaurus? Well, yes, sort of. [...] [...] A Review of Roget’s Thesaurus? Well, yes, sort of. [...]

]]> By: William Haskins http://authorscoop.com/2009/06/05/a-review-of-rogets-thesaurus-well-yes-sort-of/#comment-5997 William Haskins Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00:39 +0000 http://authorscoop.com/?p=4959#comment-5997 i got my first thesaurus in 7th grade as one of the required supplies for an english class. i was fortunate in that our teacher gave us the proper context for using it as a reference, not as a crutch. i know, with my own children, they are requiring them as early as third grade—and my suspicion is that it's being used as a substitute for proper instruction on the complexity of word choice. interesting story, jamie. thanks for pointing us to it. i got my first thesaurus in 7th grade as one of the required supplies for an english class. i was fortunate in that our teacher gave us the proper context for using it as a reference, not as a crutch. i know, with my own children, they are requiring them as early as third grade—and my suspicion is that it’s being used as a substitute for proper instruction on the complexity of word choice.

interesting story, jamie. thanks for pointing us to it.

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