Single inverted commas

Although it is usual to enclose a word under discussion in single inverted commas, I have chosen instead to emphasise it in red to prevent confusion with apostrophes.
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Sunday 12 April 2015

Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms are words with similar meanings and antonyms are opposites. An easy way to remember is that synonyms and similar both begin with s. You can buy dictionaries of them (e.g. Penguin) and this is a good way of improving your vocabulary but take care. Even words with close approximations differ as to register and function and so it is best to encounter them when reading before using them yourself. There is also the famous Roget's Thesaurus which gives phrases as well and is a fascinating book in its own right but even more liable to lead to errors of style.

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