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In your day-to-day verbal encounters, letters and notes, do you tend to make
frequent use of
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Q1. The big pronoun-'I', 'me', 'my' and 'mine'?
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Q2. Adjectives denoting approvals such as (a) 'feasible',
'applicable', 'functional', 'powerful', "strong'. Adjectives denoting
disapproval
such as (b) 'overwhelming', 'weak', 'tiny',
'unworkable', 'insignificant'.
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Q3. Adjectives denoting disapproval such as (a) 'beautiful',
'exhilirating', 'artistic','lovely', 'elevating'. Adjectives
denoting disapproval
such as (b) 'ugly', 'hideous', 'rubbish',
'dreadful'.
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Q4. Comfort words such as 'comfortable', 'great fun',
'fascinating', 'wonderful', 'inspiring'.
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Q5. Discomfort words such as 'horrible', 'hectic', 'aggravating',
'dull', 'monotonous'.
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Q6. Favourable self references such as 'self-respecting',
'honest', 'conscientious', etc.
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Q7. Self-derogatory references such as 'lazy', 'weak',
'forgetful', 'comfort loving', etc.
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Q8. The past tense in verbs rather than the present or future.
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Q9. The passive voice constructions such as 'I found myself there'
instead of 'I went there'.
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Q10. Active voice constructions such as 'we work', 'we achieve'
etc.
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Q11. Expressions such as er..ah..uh..a long and significant pause,
a cough, a laugh, throat clearing, or sniffle.
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Q12. Psychobabble such as 'hung up', 'psychotic', 'paranoid',
'schized out', etc.
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Q13.
Skid-talk i.e. fusing two thought(s) together through mixing
words in a sentence, (this kind of skid-zophrenic use of words
may compose expressions like "Two
can live as cheaply as one, but it costs them twice as much", or "I am
a split personality
all in one."
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Q14. Sheep talk and the use of latest fashionable substitute catch
phrases such as 'big deal', 'hassle', 'look-see', 'no
problem', 'man, man!' and the
like.
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Q15. High sounding words for simple thoughts-for example,
'allergy' for dislike, 'schizpphrenia' for mental eccentricities,
'philosophy' for any notion or
opinion, 'technology' for method, 'psychology' for any insight into mental
processes,'compulsive' for
habitual, and the like.
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