Multiple Meanings, Tone, and Connotation
Ask ten people what reserve means and you can get three different answers, all correct. A quiet person has reserve. A coach holds two players in reserve. You reserve a table for seven o’clock. None of those senses is wrong, but only one of them is switched on in any particular sentence. That is half […]
Meaning in Context: Using the Sentence as Evidence
When a word is handed to you inside a sentence, that sentence is not decoration. It is the evidence, and it was chosen deliberately. Readers still skip it. They spot the italicized word, jump to the choices, and pick whichever meaning they met first in their lives. That works often enough to feel safe and […]