| In every cultivated language there are
two great classes of words. They, taken together,{{U}} (26) {{/U}}the
whole vocabulary. First, there are those words{{U}} (27) {{/U}}which we
become familiar in ordinary conversation, which, we learn,{{U}} (28)
{{/U}}is to say, from the members of our own family and from our friends,
and which we should know and use{{U}} (29) {{/U}}we could not road or
write. They .{{U}} (30) {{/U}}the common things of life, and are the
stock in trade of{{U}} (31) {{/U}}who speak the language. Such words may
be called "popular", since they belong to the people{{U}} (32) {{/U}}and
are not the{{U}} (33) {{/U}}of a limited class only. On the other hand, our language includes a large number of words which are{{U}} (34) {{/U}}seldom used in ordinary conversation. Their meanings are known to every{{U}} (35) {{/U}}person, but there is little{{U}} (36) {{/U}}to use them at home. Our first{{U}} (37) {{/U}}with them comes not from our mother's lips or from the talk of our classmates,{{U}} (38) {{/U}}from books that we read, lectures that we hear, or the more formal conversation of{{U}} (39) {{/U}}educated speakers who are discussing some particular topic in an elevated{{U}} (40) {{/U}}. Such words are called "learned", and the difference between them and "popular" words is{{U}} (41) {{/U}}great importance to a right understanding of language. We may{{U}} (42) {{/U}}a girl as "lively" or as "vivacious. "In the first{{U}} (43) {{/U}}, we are using a native English word{{U}} (44) {{/U}}from the familiar noun "life". In the{{U}} (45) {{/U}}, we are using a Latin derivative which has exactly the same meaning. |