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If 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? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If I can understand the message as a whole or can figure out the meaning through context clues, I just keep going.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

How do you know that you actually figured out the meaning though?

How many words did you guess wrong about and now you think you know but you don't actually. You'll never know if you read the context properly without looking it up after.

Try to guess the meaning of the word lugubrious from the following sentence:

Although he was wealthy, he often found himself lugubrious.

There isn't a single clue in that sentence as to the meaning of the word.

Don't just guess; actually learn properly instead.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your example falls under "I don't understand the message." There are no context clues and the sentence relies on that one word for it to make any sense to me so it's something I would actually look up.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then I'll repeat what I told you before: you should learn properly instead of guessing.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'll consider it. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

You're welcome! You can chalk this up to your first new learning experience.