• Rodeo
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    1 year ago

    That doesn’t address why you are so confident your guesses about context clues are always correct.

    Why wouldn’t you look it up anyway to make sure you understood correctly?

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      1 year ago

      Sometimes it doesn’t matter. If I had a whole page describing this man, I’ll most likely get the gist. I’m just not the type to look up every word I come across.

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        1 year ago

        Then I’ll repeat what I told you before: you should learn properly instead of guessing.

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            1 year ago

            You’re welcome! You can chalk this up to your first new learning experience.

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              You know, there can be different strategies and those that are not used by you don’t have to be wrong. They can all be useful in different circumstances.