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...Oppenheimer’s paper, almost two thirds of the Princeton students polled admitted to using a thesaurus when writing an essay “to give the impression that the content is more valid or intelligent.” Harvard students, too, confess an attachment to their thesauri??in moderation. “If you use a thesaurus, it’s obviously going to make you look like an idiot if you don’t know the meaning of the words,” said Shawn J. Hilgendorf...

Author: By Carolyn F. Gaebler, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bigger Isn't Always Better | 10/18/2006 | See Source »

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