Jan. 4, 2020
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I found it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！
私は今日、「di」で始まるいくつかの単語を復習した。これらの単語を覚えやすくするために作った文章を投稿しています。単語は、当惑させるような、軽蔑的な、異質な、必要のない、異議を唱える、取り乱した、小さい、です。
私の同僚の一人がよく病気で休むと言ってくるので、厄介だなと思った。
生徒に対する彼の軽蔑的な態度が彼の解雇の原因となった。
彼らの考えは大きく食い違っている。
彼女はそれを必要ないと考えた。
両親はその知らせを聞いて取り乱した。
異論もある。
体操では身長が低いのが利点です。
これを読んでいただいてありがとうございます。
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help me memorize these words.
I found it very disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
DHaving a diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you so much for the corrections!
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to hims getting fired.
This is a grammar nazi correction. I am going to refer you to the following page for an explanation. This is only important if you are looking to pass a test. https://jakubmarian.com/his-doing-vs-him-doing-possessives-and-gerunds-in-english/
DA diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Using the article sounds more natural to me.
Jan. 4, 2020
I made a comment about your sentence with "disconcerting" but it didn't get published. My personal opinion is that word is not the right fit for this context. To me something disconcerting is something that really shakes you up. Instead I would use irritating or bothersome.
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you so much for the corrections! I am going to take a test that assesses English proficiency in May. So, Thank you again for your advice related to "possessives-and-gerunds". I really appreciate it!
Jan. 5, 2020
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to hims getting fired.
Wow.. I would have never guessed his would also be a correct choice. The more you know
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
Someone else mentioned that this is not grammatically correct. But honestly, as a native speaker, I probably wouldn't get that right either! Either "attitudes" or "attitude" could work here, but I would probably use the singular "attitude" since you are talking about his general attitude towards his students as a group, not the individual ways he treated each one.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！!
どういたしまして！
In English, we do not add space before the punctuation mark (. or ! or ?) at the end of the sentence.
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Here is another fun "di" word for you: "diacritic." Actually, most English speakers probably don't know this world, but it is useful when describing languages. Diacritical marks are added to letters to change the way they are pronounced. Dakuten and handakuten are diacritics used in Japanese. English does not use any diacritics! That is part of what makes English difficult, maybe, since it doesn't give you any hints as to how to pronounce each letter. Sometimes, you will see diacritical marks used in dictionaries to teach you how to pronounce an English word, but they are never written that way. Occasionally you will see loan words written with the diacritics that accompanied them such as éclair which comes from French (that word was how my teacher taught us to pronounce the え sound). Sometimes, Japanese is romanized using the long vowel marks (ex. arigatō instead of arigatou).
Jan. 7, 2020
Thank you so much for teaching words: diacritic and diagnostic. Those words are very difficult but very interesting. Now I understand how to call these marks such as é. Much appreciated!
Jan. 7, 2020
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
That makes total sense to me!! Thank you very much!
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I found it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you for checking!
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I fouind it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
DA diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you so much for the correction!
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I found it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！
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This is all correct!
Jan. 5, 2020
Really? Thank you so much for checking my entry!
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di"” today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I found it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！!
You don’t need the space before an exclamation mark 🙂
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Wow those are some big words! I’m 16 years old, and I have never in my life used the words “disparate”, “dissenting” or “diminutive”, although I vaguely know what they mean (or at least, I can guess?). I can’t promise that your sentences using those three words are correct, since they’re so rarely used in everyday writing and speech that can’t have seen them used more than once or twice, despite being a native speaker. I’d recommend using them sparingly!
As a side note, in English we often group words like these together as starting with “dis” rather than just “di” (I know “diminutive” does not have an “s”, but like I say, it’s an uncommon word). The reason for this is that almost all words in English beginning with “dis” have negative connotations (perhaps this will help you to remember them). Words beginning with “di”, are often grouped separately, because they often have some kind of connection with the number 2 (often technical terms, for example, “divorce” is where a couple (2 people) separate; a “dicotyledon” is a plant with 2 leaves on its shoot; “diatomic” describes a molecule with 2 atoms; a “diphthong” is where a word contains 2 vowels in a row; a “dialogue” is a conversation between 2 people). I find this kind of connection helps me remember words. Hope it helps!
Sorry for the long comment! 😅
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you so much for teaching me about words starting with “di” often having some kind of connection with the number 2. I have never known that. You bet that helps me remember those words. I really appreciate it!
Today's Words
I reviewed several words starting with "di" today: disconcerting, dismissive, disparate, dispensable, dissenting, distraught, and diminutive.
I am posting some sentences that I made in order to help memorize these words.
I fouind it disconcerting that one of my colleagues often calls in sick.
"Find" should be present tense just like "calls."
His dismissive attitudes towards his students led to him getting fired.
They have widely disparate ideas.
She regarded it as dispensable.
The parents were distraught to hear the news.
There are some dissenting opinions.
Diminutive stature is an advantage in gymnastics.
Thank you for reading this！!
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Nice job!
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you for reading this！!
Does it sound more natural, without this?
Jan. 5, 2020
Thank you very much for the corrections, 426jma san:D
Jan. 5, 2020
Does it sound more natural, without this?
Yes, I think it sounds more natural without this, similar to how you would say "Thanks for listening."
Jan. 5, 2020
Ahh, I see. Thank you very much for answering my question!
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