/lit/ - Literature

I learned Latin, and keep a notepad with me when I read to write down anything unfamiliar for later review.

>>5960218
Write in on a notecard and later input it into Anki to study.

>>5960218
Assuming that you have a smartphone, it is easier than ever. Simply read and research unfamliar words.

>>5960218
Pull open my dictionary and flip through until I find a good, not-often used word

>>5960218

Same, you guys will rage but GTA V is patrish as fuck, they use a lot of big vocabulary words and I just write them down or search them on the spot. That or writing down words I come across I don't know while online or reading.

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My kindle also has a pretty similar dictionary system that saves everything I highlight so I can go back through them like flashcards

I write them down on the default note app on my itouch, and look up the definition with Apple's dictionary. After I'm done reading, I write random sentences using those words.

is there a purpose behind expanding your vocabulary to the point where 99% of people have to google the words youre using to understand whats being said?

>>5961933
Yes, to get to the point where you use words effectively and the result is a rich array.

Your comment is really anti-intellectual.

>>5961933
It's all about context. Whether it is in writing or using them in conversation.

>>5961945

This. The ability to articulate a feeling or describe something vividly is the difference between good prose and bad.

>not already knowing every word you need to know
>being this pleb

>>5962055
>>5961933
>>5961855

dubs (n.)- 1. a numerical occurrence with a probability of 0.01
2. A situation requiring checking

>>5962063

>>5960218

I look it up in the dictionary I keep beside me when I read, then I write down the word and the definition into the notebook I keep for definitions, and then in a couple of months I type those definitions into a word document and occasionally look at the definitions to ensure I will remember them. It works pretty well

>>5962063
Wouldn't it be 0.10?

>>5962118
>/lit/
>knowing basic math
muh scientism

>>5962118
No. Any given number has a probability of 1/10

Two of the same number in a row is (1/10)*(1/10)=1/100=0.01

Q.E.D.

>>5960218
>"...cogent..."
>"...powerfully persuasive..."

Muh O.E.D.

>>5960218
anki

>>5961905
What is the name of this addon or extension?

>>5960218
Language is so much easier to broaden and enrich when you're young. So learn as much as you can before your brain atrophies. Based method: read everything everything.

>>5962174
You've calculated the probability of getting a specific dubs e.g. 11.
The probability of the last number matching the number before it is 1/10.

Alternatively, you can calculate the probability by dividing the number of dubs there are by the number of numbers there are. 10 dubs / 100 numbers = 0.1

>>5962147
Math is true or false a priori, you don't need science for it.

>>5964744
u srs?

>>5964750
ya

>>5964737
Well the probability of a specific dubs like 11 is 1/100

so there