Tuesday, October 15, 2013

The Power of Verbs

W.W, Norton released a paperback copy of Constance Hale's book exploring " the world of verbs"— Vex, Hex, Smash,Smooch.She also has a blog where she continues to ransack the world for verbs.

In a recent post on Heavenly Verbs, Headache Verbs she explains how to tell the difference between clamber/clamor.

"If you find yourself making as much an effort to write as a bear does when it clambers up a tree, the critics are sure to clamor about it.

Looking at release with a verb mentality—
According to Roget's Thesaurus to release also means to acquit—to exonerate, to discharge.

To release or to break away, to set free—
Those words become the chorus of a country gospel song:

he set me free yes he set me free...
i'm glory bound my jesus to see

To release or to liberate, to dismiss—




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