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Prof.KevNair's
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"...considered
to be the first-ever compilation of adjectives and nouns arranged
adjective-wise."
- The New Indian Express |
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"one-of-a-kind
dictionary..."
- THE HINDU
India's national newspaper
since 1878. |
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"...the
lexicon is meant primarily as a tool for strengthening fluency in
content-intensive speech and writing. It focuses on combinations of
adjectives and nouns that can help speakers and writers pack content
in speech and writing more densely than in everyday casual conversations
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- THE HINDU BUSINESS LINE |
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"Authored
by scholar, Professor Kev Nair... lists, adjectivewise, a collection
of useful word combinations that have gained acceptance among speakers
of English."
- Hindustan Times |
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"The
relative frequency of occurrence of all the adjective headwords is
determined and marked."
- The New Indian Express |
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Fluencybookz.com > English > Comprehensive Adjectival Fluency Dictionary |
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Comprehensive
Adjectival Fluency Dictionary
by
Prof. Kev Nair
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The
key to great fluency...
in content-intensive speech & writing.
The worlds 1st compilation
of its kind!
1st
Edition.
Paperback.
Dy: 1/8. Pages 243.
High quality, laminated jacket.
Superior binding.
Top Quality paper.
Excellent printing.
Price: Rs.395.00 (INR)
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ISBN (Paperback): 978-93-81424-44-5
ISBN (Ebook): 978-93-81424-45-2 |
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"...intended
mainly for advanced learners who are trying to achieve
fluency in content-intensive speech and writing in which
content has to be packed more densely than in everyday
casual conversations. It concentrates on accepted combinations
of adjectives and nouns that are compatible with one
another.
"The
primary aim of this lexicon is to help speakers and
writers to stop using randomly-combined word groups
that, though grammatical, may not have gained acceptance
among native speakers of English and to start using
word groups that have gained such acceptance. It lists,
adjective-wise, collection after collection of these
highly useful word combinations."
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THE HINDU
India's national newspaper since 1878. |
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How
does this wonderful book help you build great fluency? |
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If
you want to be quite fluent in content-intensive speech, you
need to have an essential skill: You need a good command of
adjectives. Yes, adjectives. That is, you should have a clear
idea of what adjectives can go with what nouns and
you must be able to produce, on the fly, 'Adjective + Noun'
(A+N) combinations that are acceptable.
But
even highly-educated people are often faced with two major
problems: First, adjectives and nouns that are compatible
with each other do not often occur to them readily. These
words simply remain on the tip of their tongue. Second, most
A+N combinations that they put together randomly on the spot
(from individual adjectives and nouns) often turn out to be
unacceptable ones. Of course, the combinations they put together
(randomly on the spot) may be grammatically perfect and may
sound all right from the point of view of the meaning they
want to convey. But often these combinations turn out to be
artificial combinations combinations that have not
gained acceptance among native speakers of English.
This
is where this Adjectival Fluency Dictionary can be of invaluable
help to you. It helps you master acceptable 'Adjective
+ Noun' combinations by helping you learn them as single
units, as though each combination were a single word rather
than a combination of two or more words.
The
headwords in this book are all adjectives. Under each headword,
youll find a comprehensive list of accepted A+N combinations
that are in common use. Browse through a few pages of them
every now and then. And concentrate on 10 or 15 headwords
and the combinations under them every day for a few
weeks. Soon it starts to become second nature for you to instantly
and effortlessly recall and associate the right adjective
with the right noun (and the other way round). And A+N combinations
that are acceptable begin to get into your content-intensive
speech and writing readily and easily instead of remaining
on the tip of your tongue.
For
more details, read the Introduction. |
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