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Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 6:47pm On May 04, 2022
When it comes to casual conversation, nobody pays attention to you. Nobody regards you as intelligent.
Literature / Re: How To Speak To Make Someone Change "I Hate You" To "I Love You." by marenx: 6:44pm On May 04, 2022
Assuming he said "Please Sir, can I use your pen?" I wouldn't have known when I said "Yes."
Literature / Re: How To Speak To Make Someone Change "I Hate You" To "I Love You." by marenx: 6:51am On May 03, 2022
Some neighbours told a lady that everything about her is wonderful. Later, I heard her in her hostel room say:
Culture / Re: The Power Of Saying 'this Is Wonderful' by marenx: 6:48am On May 03, 2022
Some neighbours told a lady that everything about her is wonderful. Later, I heard her in her hostel room say:
Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 6:21pm On May 02, 2022
While unprecedented means unusual or abnormal, existential means personal or subjective. It's easier to understand these two high-class words but to be able to use them effectively you want to practise, practise and practise.
Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 7:02am On Apr 30, 2022
everyone wants to listen to an intelligent speaker or genus.
Literature / Re: How To Speak To Make Someone Change "I Hate You" To "I Love You." by marenx: 9:23pm On Apr 27, 2022
One day a student wanted to write French test but he didn't have a pen and there was my pen on a desk in front of him. He said, "Sir, let me use your pen." I didn't know when I said "No" because of anger.
Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 5:28pm On Apr 27, 2022
You're boring. You aren't trending. My guys will say you're local. Most will even say you're illiterate even if they know you're a graduate.
Literature / Re: Two Pro Steps To Follow To Write Better And Faster by marenx: 9:30pm On Apr 26, 2022
The use of "while" in the beginning of a sentence, eg: While Ada spoils the flour, her mum goes to church.
Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 8:52pm On Apr 26, 2022
As a teacher of English and French, It surprises me that most people define intelligence as ability to speak standard English.
Literature / Re: Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 1:02pm On Apr 26, 2022
agree with Joyce Rachelle, a British writer (who authors a novel The Language of Angels), who said:

"The best sentences are not those that are built from obscure words, but those whose meanings create ripples in our imagination that go beyond the words they contain."
Politics / Re: Top 3 Quotes By Obafemi Awolowo by marenx: 6:30pm On Apr 24, 2022
Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes. Obafemi Awolowo
Literature / Use These Two Elite-class Vocabularies In Your Talk And See What Will Happen by marenx: 5:10pm On Apr 24, 2022
Use these two elite-class vocabularies in your talk and see what will happen

marenx the Writer


When it comes to casual conversation, nobody pays attention to you. Nobody regards you as intelligent.

Then you know....

Your words never entice or illuminate.

You need to change.

As a teacher of English and French, it surprises me most people define intelligence as ability to speak standard English.

Those who speak standard English are intelligent. Those who use big English words (vocabularies) in their speech are more intelligent.

Everyone wants to listen to a more intelligent speaker.

The most important thing to note is we can't change this notion in people or we can't convince people that this isn't really what intelligence means, and if we want people to regard us as something, as the saying goes, we must do or offer them what they need.

Use these two elite-class vocabularies when speaking to people:

Unprecedented and Existential

Unprecedented means unusual or abnormal. Existential means personal or subjective. You can understand the two words butyou need to feature them in your sentence.

6 Examples of Unprecedented and Existential in a Sentence

1. We're in an unprecedented situation, so what can we do?

2.This is an existential issue--I'm going to sleep over it myself.

3. The manner in which he spoke to his wife is unprecedented.

4. I have a right to say you work here for your existential interest.

5. The president behavior is unprecedented.

6. When it comes to existential matters, kindly talk to our chaplain.

Joyce Rachelle, a British writer (who authors a novel The Language of Angels, said:

"The best sentences are not those that are built from obscure words, but those whose meanings create ripples in our imagination that go beyond the words they contain."

Thanks for reading. Have a nice time.


If you enjoy this post, read this one too: https://www.nairaland.com/7090948/two-steps-follow-write-better

Literature / Re: Two Pro Steps To Follow To Write Better And Faster by marenx: 9:58pm On Apr 22, 2022
.....instead of giving my good time to writing, I give it to my primary and secondary sources of income. The remaining time is left-over.
Nairaland / General / PHOTO: Evergreen Part Of Abijan, The Capital Of Côte D'ivoire by marenx: 7:43pm On Apr 22, 2022
PHOTO: evergreen part of Abijan, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire

Literature / Re: Two Pro Steps To Follow To Write Better And Faster by marenx: 6:47pm On Apr 22, 2022
While the use of topic sentence can help you transit your readers from one paragraph to another, the use of parallelism can help you transit your reader from one sentence or item to another. Parallelism in this case means repetition of sentence format to construct an effective paragraph.--marenx

Nairaland / General / Re: Big Secret: Ask Yourself This Question If You Want To Be The One Leading by marenx: 6:36pm On Apr 22, 2022
Always ask yourself this question everyday before going to sleep: How many people did I help today?
Career / Re: Ugly Flaws The First Day I Taught In Government School by marenx: 6:31pm On Apr 22, 2022
"I'm a teacher of English and French and I was posted to teach French in government secondary school. I was given JSS Two for a start and the total number of students was 40. Most JSS Two students are supposed to be between 12 and 11 years old, but here the case is different: they were between 16 and 15." marenx the Writer
Literature / Re: Here's Amazing Power I Consumed While Reading Books by marenx: 6:25pm On Apr 22, 2022
"I've topnotch observation skills especially when it comes to effect of what I consume. So from the day I began reading books, I noticed some mental, psychological and emotional changes happening to me."--marenx the Writer
Literature / Re: Two Pro Steps To Follow To Write Better And Faster by marenx: 6:16pm On Apr 22, 2022
I teach, I write and I represent the less priveleged. marenjmafuyai@gmail.com 08182469977 (TEXT MESSAGE ONLY)
Literature / Two Pro Steps To Follow To Write Better And Faster by marenx: 12:59pm On Apr 22, 2022
Two pro steps to follow to write better and faster without having much to edit

marenx the Writer



Want to write better?

And faster too?

Listen...

I'm a full-time supporter of "planning before writing."

Which is like wearing trousers before wearing shoes.

If you have much time for yourself to edit unstructured and wayward draft, you don't have much troubles in writing industry.

I don't earn a dime writing because I give my good time to my primary and secondary sources of income. And the remaining time is left-over.

I have time to write but it isn't enough. There's time to edit but there's no first draft. I have to write better but writing better without planning is time consuming. I have to come up with smart strategies and that's where these "two working steps to write better and faster without having much to edit" comes in.

If I say you can write well fast like a meteor, I'm wrong but if I say you can be fast if you're dedicated, I'm right.

The following section, however, explains the strategies in details.

The two writing working steps (and I always follow them with passion) are:

Step 1: Have writing resources.

Mastering writing isn't accidental and writing resources mean samples, sentence format and transition strategy.

A sample means an example of what you want to write (copy writing, essay, article like this one, a short story, etc).

And a sentence format and transition strategies are what you collect from what you read.

Two sentence formats I use in this writing are:

1. The use of "yet" or "but" or in the middle of the sentence, eg:

Ada doesn't understand what her mum said, but she nods.

In room 32 an ear-piercing screech continues, yet none of us complains.

2. The use of "while" in the beginning of a sentence, eg:

While Ada spoils the flour, her mum goes to church.

The truth is effective sentence formats aren't hard to get if you're a reader (every writer must be a reader) but a transition strategy is something you continue learning till death.

Consider it as aging--something that never stops.

Transition strategies are two: the use of transition words such as first, however, moreover, while, etc and the use of logic determined by sentences, eg: topic sentence and parallelism.

The use of topic sentence helps you transit your readers from one paragraph to another while the use of parallelism helps you transit your reader from one sentence or item to another.

Parallelism means repetition of sentence format to construct an effective paragraph. A good example of parallelism is:

Omaha speaks to his mother. He speaks to his father. He cries again and again. He regrets why he didn't save his money in the bank.

It sounds interesting because I use the same sentence format (subject-verb).

Step 2: Build your writing on introduction.

Building on introduction means beginning your writing process with introduction using transition strategies.

Writing with this technique that presents prose as luscious dish served in a hunger season is fun.

An "easy to learn" example is:

I'm a teacher of languages and you know. Writing about speaking better isn't accidental here.

One of the main aims is to communicate respectfully and effectively. How?

You see "How" is just a question, yet it helps a reader smoothly transits to the next paragraph.

You may be tempted to scribe fluff when a faucet of words is turned on in your head. Resist the temptation and follow transition or else break this rule and start again.

It's bafling to slip through a tiny crack again.

Stephen Edwin King, popularly known as Stephen King, an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels, said:

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”

Thanks for reading. Have a nice time.

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Culture / Re: The Power Of Saying 'this Is Wonderful' by marenx: 6:12am On Apr 22, 2022
marenx:
If you enjoy reading this post, read this one too: https:// www.nairaland.com/7079518/power- saying-wonderful.
Culture / Re: The Power Of Saying 'this Is Wonderful' by marenx: 8:41pm On Apr 21, 2022
If you enjoy reading this post, read this one too: https:// www.nairaland.com/7079518/power- saying-wonderful.
Literature / Re: Here's Amazing Power I Consumed While Reading Books by marenx: 8:38pm On Apr 21, 2022
If you enjoy reading this post, read this one too: https:// www.nairaland.com/7079518/power- saying-wonderful.
Crime / Re: Husband On The Run After Hacking Wife To Death During Disagreement In Plateau by marenx: 8:14pm On Apr 21, 2022
MrBrownJay1:
again:"THOU SHALL NOT DATE/MARRY INSANE PEOPLE; AND IF YOU FOOLISHLY DO, DONT TEMPT THE ANIMAL!"

Say Thou shall not be greedy. For most women follow men for money, not actually for love. Whether he has money or a car or whatsoever, check his attitude first. Check whether he has hot temper. Money shouldn't be the first thing to see in a man.
Literature / Re: How To Speak To Make Someone Change "I Hate You" To "I Love You." by marenx: 7:55pm On Apr 21, 2022
5991ayo:
Thank u

Thanks for reading. I'm glad you love it. You make my day.

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Agriculture / Re: What’s Inside Chameleon’s Color Changing Technique by marenx: 7:30pm On Apr 21, 2022
I love this thread.

"Chameleons are amazing. They have millions of microscopic salt crystals under their skin known as the photonic crystals. They have a leg up on natural hues as they can play with more than one hue. The crystals scatter the light in many ways depending on their arrangements, size, and chemistry.
Scientists are spending their days working in the field of photonic crystals for a long time now to create color-changing smart skins for a range of potential applications such as camouflage."
Nairaland / General / Re: Big Secret: Ask Yourself This Question If You Want To Be The One Leading by marenx: 7:19pm On Apr 21, 2022
I teach, I write and I represent the less priveleged. marenjmafuyai@gmail.com 08182469977 (TEXT MESSAGE ONLY)
Literature / Re: Here's Amazing Power I Consumed While Reading Books by marenx: 5:56pm On Apr 21, 2022
I teach, I write and I represent the less priveleged. marenjmafuyai@gmail.com 08182469977 (TEXT MESSAGE ONLY)
Career / Re: Ugly Flaws The First Day I Taught In Government School by marenx: 5:53pm On Apr 21, 2022
janvier27:
Their guardians are mostly the 'great Nigerians' you referred to. Another question to ask is: where are their biological parents?

Thanks. I'll surely investigate. But maybe some lost their biological parents while some cannot be taken cared of by their biological parents. Some aren't even aware they need help. Let's join hands to spread the words.

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Nairaland / General / Re: Big Secret: Ask Yourself This Question If You Want To Be The One Leading by marenx: 5:46pm On Apr 21, 2022
I teach, I write and I represent the less priveleged. marenjmafuyai@gmail.com 08182469977 (TEXT MESSAGE ONLY)

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