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From the Ted Talk by Erin McKean: Go ahead, make up new words!
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Why should you make wrods? You should make words because every word is a chance to express your idea and get your mnnaieg across. And new words grab people's atiottenn. They get people to focus on what you're saying and that gives you a better chance to get your meaning across. A lot of people on this stage today have said, "In the future, you can do this, you can help with this, you can help us explore, you can help us invent." You can make a new word right now. eigslnh has no age limit. Go ahead, start making words today, send them to me, and I will put them in my onnlie dictionary, Wordnik. Thank you so much. (Applause)
Open Cloze
Why should you make _____? You should make words because every word is a chance to express your idea and get your _______ across. And new words grab people's _________. They get people to focus on what you're saying and that gives you a better chance to get your meaning across. A lot of people on this stage today have said, "In the future, you can do this, you can help with this, you can help us explore, you can help us invent." You can make a new word right now. _______ has no age limit. Go ahead, start making words today, send them to me, and I will put them in my ______ dictionary, Wordnik. Thank you so much. (Applause)
Solution
- online
- meaning
- attention
- words
- english
Original Text
Why should you make words? You should make words because every word is a chance to express your idea and get your meaning across. And new words grab people's attention. They get people to focus on what you're saying and that gives you a better chance to get your meaning across. A lot of people on this stage today have said, "In the future, you can do this, you can help with this, you can help us explore, you can help us invent." You can make a new word right now. English has no age limit. Go ahead, start making words today, send them to me, and I will put them in my online dictionary, Wordnik. Thank you so much. (Applause)
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
ngrams of length 2
| collocation |
frequency |
| wear hats |
2 |
| perfectly good |
2 |
| good word |
2 |
ngrams of length 3
| collocation |
frequency |
| perfectly good word |
2 |
Important Words
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- invent
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