Hi Guys, exams approaching nearer. I have started preparing for Precise now, and I have started with writing a precise for 1986 exam. Please review the paragraph and then its solutions and kindly give me feedback or another solution.

Target Paragraph:

One of the fundamental facts about words is that the most useful ones in our language have many meanings. That is partly why they are so useful: they work overtime... Think of –all the various things we mean by the word “foot” on different occasion: one of the lower extremities of the human body, a measure of verse, the ground about a tree, twelve inches, - the floor in front of the stairs. The same is true of nearly every common noun or verb... considering the number of ways of taking a particular word, the tusk of speaking clearly and being understood would seem pretty hopeless if it were not for another very important fact about language. Though a word may have many senses, these senses can be controlled, up to a point, by the context in which the word is used. When we find the word in a particular verbal setting - we can usually decide quite definitely which of the many senses of the word relevant. If a poet says his verse has feet, it doesn’t occur to you that he could mean it’s a yard long or is threelegged (unless perhaps you are a critic planning to puncture the poet with a pun about his “lumping verse”). The context rules out these maverick senses quite decisively.


Solution:

Title:Context as a tool to understand sense of the word
Precise: The comprehension of a single word, given that it has several connotations, for example, common nouns, verbs, other useful words, is usually despairing. Sense of a word can only be controlled and opted when it is used in a proper context, which, in turn, pervades all other senses except the one rightly used.

One of the fundamental facts about words is that the most useful ones in our language have many meanings. That is partly why they are so useful: they work overtime... (Original)

Basically, the most useful words in a language carry many meanings.(Précised)

Think of –all the various things we mean by the word “foot” on different occasion: one of the lower extremities of the human body, a measure of verse, the ground about a tree, twelve inches, - the floor in front of the stairs. The same is true of nearly every common noun or verb... (Original)

The word foot has different meanings on different occasions. The same is true of most of nouns and verbs. (Précised).

Considering the number of ways of taking a particular word, the task of speaking clearly and being understood would seem pretty hopeless if it were not for another very important fact about language. Though a word may have many senses, these senses can be controlled, up to a point, by the context in which the word is used. When we find the word in a particular verbal setting - we can usually decide quite definitely which of the many senses of the word relevant.(Original)

Therefore, the relevant senses of words depend upon following the context in which they are used.(Précised)

If a poet says his verse has feet, it doesn’t occur to you that he could mean it’s a yard long or is three-legged (unless perhaps you are a critic planning to puncture the poet with a pun about his “lumping verse”). The context rules out these maverick senses quite decisively.(Original)

When a poet talks of his verse having certain feet, it wouldn’t mean a particular length but poetic diction, rhythm and sounds of words. Thus, context of a word better decides its suitable meaning.(Précised).

Title: The context of a word decides its meaning.

Basically, the most useful words in a language carry many meanings. The word foot has different meanings on different occasions. The same is true of most of nouns and verbs. Therefore, the relevant senses of words depend upon following the context in which they are used. When a poet talks of his verse having certain feet, it wouldn’t mean a particular length but poetic diction, rhythm and sounds of words. Thus, context of a word better decides its suitable meaning.

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The Hope we still have.

Title: "Theorizing meanings in communication"

Precis: Many words in a language have diverse meanings as they are employed in different conditions. As a fact, clearly spoken and exact comprehensions of such words is more important in oral communication. This is because, arrangement of words may also change the meaning completely. However, sensual control is necessary in this context. Poetry, on other hand, is an exception to such relevancy of contextual usage.
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