• AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Your example falls under “I don’t understand the message.” There are no context clues and the sentence relies on that one word for it to make any sense to me so it’s something I would actually look up.

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      11 months 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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        11 months 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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          11 months ago

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

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              11 months 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.