Posts Tagged ‘word’

Expand Your Verbal Intelligence

The most common method of thinking in the Western world is verbal thinking. Although we have a range of intelligences including numerical, musical, spatial, emotional, verbal and kinaesthetic intelligences, it is verbal intelligence that we depend on most. We tend to think and express ourselves in words.

It can be argued that mastery of the use of words and verbal intelligence is the most important skill we develop… Continue reading

September 8 2008 | By Paul | Tagged: dictionary, intelligence, language, speech, thinking, verbal, vocabulary, word, writing | 10 comments»

“Friendly greetings!” The Power of Personal Catchphrases

One of the nicest things you can do for other people is make yourself easy to remember. Instead of burning their brains trying to recall who you are and what you stand for, a personal catchphrase is a elegant anchor to the rest of you. It serves as a compact memory assistant that melts mental blocks. You don’t… Continue reading

July 22 2008 | By Torley | Tagged: catchphrase, idea, marketing, memory, mind, seo, slogan, social, stickyness, word | 30 comments»

Say Won’t Instead Of Can’t

It's funny how one word, a seemingly inconsequential one, can alter a statement's entire meaning. Can't and won't are such words that, when switched, can give off much different intentions.Look at the difference in these two sentences:“I can’t get enough leads to make enough sales.” “I won’t get enough leads to make enough sales.”The second statement begs the question – Well Why Not? Why won’t you get enough leads to… Continue reading

October 1 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: Communication, word | 5 comments»

Insert Tables in Word 2007 Without the Mouse

This is as basic as a keyboard hack as you get, but it's worth mentioning for you keyboard-only junkies.Don't use that mouse when inserting tables in Word, try hitting dashes and crosses to get a multi-column table in seconds!

Keyboard Ninja: Insert Tables in Word 2007 - [HowToGeek]… Continue reading

June 25 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: microsoft, word | 9 comments»

An English Pronouncing Dictionary with Instant Sound

Howjsay.com is a web tool for anyone who need a quick lookup on word's pronunciation. The usage of the tool is as easily as enter the word into the textbox and submit, the word will display on the gray box and pronounce immediately. If you want it to repeat the pronunciation, just move your mouse over the word. Neat.Howjsay.com

December 4 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: software, word | 5 comments»

100 Most Often Misspelled Words

Over at yourDictionary.com, it has a good reference on the top 100 often misspelled words for English. On top of the word list, it also describes the reason of why it is easy to misspell. Examples such as:changeable: The verb "change" keeps its [e] here to indicate that the [g] is soft, not hard. (That is also why "judgement" is the correct spelling of this word, no matter what anyone… Continue reading

September 25 2005 | By Leon | Tagged: dictionary, word | 1 comment»