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If you're reading something and you don't understand a word, should you stop and research it or should you keep reading the whole thing first? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I keep reading a bit to attempt to pick up the meaning from context clues.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This is how I taught myself a lot of English as a child. I kept reading, and reading, and reading - and all those unknown words became meaningful from the context.