I am not an native English speaker and I knew the word. Damned American education system. Heck I knew the word inflection in 5th grade, but I was a voracious reader and my mother did me make me copy pages from the dictionary as punishment. I suggest Freepers copy my mothers punishment system. It really sucks for the kid but does them a world of good.
I swear I have in excess of 65000 words in my common vocabulary, and have a grasp of 2 to 3 times that. I was rather naughty ;-)
I know what inflection is of course. I use it in explaining pronunciation of words. It’s in the vernacular of an English teacher
I wanted to follow what she was talking about with him. So do others. I had to ask what the heck does she mean with that word. He did not answer her the first time so she went back to it. I thought what is she trying to do. Maybe he doesn’t know what she means. They’re obviously talking in business jargon. Why does she use this metaphor no one who doesn’t work with graphs all the time knows.
You know what I’m saying
You’re wanting people to get punished and copy pages out of the dictionary ?
I have no complaints about my own education