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To: GretchenM
When I was a youngster, and doing dictionary exercises, we were never allowed to define a word by using the root of the word, or any form of the word in the definition. For example, we could not use “important” to define “importantly.”

We must have gone to the same school. Were you allowed to say, "(Word to be defined) is where," or "(Word to be defined) is when"?

Each of those phrasings was prohibited, along with using the root of the word to be defined in the definition.

171 posted on 05/29/2007 6:33:08 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: HIDEK6
Were you allowed to say, "(Word to be defined) is where," or "(Word to be defined) is when"?

No.

Not being able to use any form of a word to define it often forced us to get very creative. That rule makes sense, and it really helped me to understand what words mean.

330 posted on 05/29/2007 10:51:48 AM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus)
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