具体描述
Have you heard it said that people are known
by the company they keep? It is the same with words.
"It is getting dark. Please turn on the ~ "
You can tell the word that belongs in the blank by
the idea carried in the words before and after the blank.
This often happens in your daily reading. You can
frequently read with no hesitation a difficult word that
would puzzle you if it stood alone, just because the
words before and after it suggest what it is.
Sometimes the first letter or a letter in the middle of
the word clears the way.
Try this sentence: "Mr. Ross has a large orchard, and
now he is shipping p-----ch~ to the city." Of course,
peaches is not a difficult word, but you can see how
letters are helpful clues.
You can usually get help from words in this way if
you concentrate on meaning. You will often know a
difficult word in a sentence because it is the word that
fits in with the meaning of all the other words put to-
gether.
