Necessary to be a great writer?

nspeds
Sun, 14 May 2006 22:44:55 +0000

There is no requirement that a person only use the primary definition of a word. While the tertiary definition is uncommon, that does not make it inappropriate.



That misses the point of my initial argument.



As a poet-type, I personally prefer people to use words outside of their normal setting. One could read “reticent” to mean shy, in the sense of ‘shying away from’ the activity in question.



I prefer precision.