Saturday, March 7, 2009
Homework - Meanings and Usage (06/03/2009)
Dear 6H,
Some of you have emailed me about the homework on Meanings and Usage. There is no usage dictionary in which to learn how to use the words. The usage is found in the main entry itself. E.g.
From Cambridge dictionary:
amicable 1. relating to behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly often despite a difficult situation:
His
manner was perfectly
amicable but I felt uncomfortable.
2. relating to an agreement or decision that is achieved without arguments or unpleasantness:
Few people have
amicable divorces.
Eventually we reached an
amicable settlement.
So for usage, you have
amicable manners / amicable divorce / amicable settlement.
Perhaps Longman has other usage. Check it out.
Regards,
Miss Goh
Posted by 6H' blog at 8:41 PM