07 November 2008

Well Said

I just looked up a word using my MacBook's built-in Dictionary, to check the spelling — it was the word "noticeably" — and I was offered a list of suggested alternatives that ought to be used in different situations...

A scratch on someone's face might be noticeable, while a scar that runs from cheekbone to chin would be conspicuous...Use prominent when you want to describe something that literally or figuratively stands out from its background...Remarkable applies to anything that is noticeable because it is extraordinary or exceptional...Striking is an even stronger word, used to describe something so out of the ordinary that it makes a deep and powerful impression on the observer's mind or vision.

How useful!

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