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   Hi, August!  Recently you wrote in a message to Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK>  "The Great Gatsby" was presented me as a paper book. I like   
   AK>  English paper books very much because I can do my notes on   
   AK>  pages. When I complete reading I peruse all the notes and   
   AK>  refresh in memory those words that were new or unclear when   
   AK>  I read the book. It is a more effective way to learn words.   
      
      
              I did that when I was reading French novels in university, since I   
   had to buy my own copies anyway....  :-)   
      
      
      
   AA>  There is not a whole lot of room to write in the margins in   
   AA>  most books. Your writing style must be very small and neat!   
      
      
              Uh-huh.  My daughter & I have been reading a modern translation of   
   CANTERBURY TALES, borrowed from the public library, where I am reminded of an   
   optometrist who said I no longer have "twenty-year-old eyes".  Apparently the   
   student who left his or her notes in the margins did... (chuckle).   
      
      
      
   AA>  But I have done something similar when certain words and   
   AA>  phrases impressed me. I kept a separate journal with notes   
   AA>  for each particular book. Then, I'd revisit my notes and   
   AA>  try to use those words and phrases in regular conversation   
   AA>  to either impress or freak people out.   
      
      
              Another good learning strategy, IMHO.  If you make a point of using   
   new material in everyday life you'll remember it better.  :-)   
      
      
      
   AA>  The first book I started doing that with was "Dracula - Bram   
   AA>  Stoker", many many years ago!  I thought the language in there   
   AA>  was amazing, and fun to trip-up other people with.   
      
      
              Published in 1897.  Yes, I enjoy archaic language too....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
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