A daily word, its definition, and an example of its usage in a recent Times article.



Write your best sentence using our Gladiator Word of the Day and post it to the blog. If you hear your sentence read during the morning announcements, stop by room 3119 to receive your extra credit coupon. Include the name of your 1st or 2nd period teacher. The class that submits the most sentences by the end of the nine weeks will receive an ice cream party.





Friday, June 22, 2012

December 3, 2012
verbatim • adverb and adjective
Repeat something you've read or heard precisely word-for-word, and you have just quoted it verbatim. That's great if what you deliver verbatim is the directions on how to defuse a bomb, but not a good idea if you're cheating on a test and copying someone's answer verbatim.

As a word, verbatim is powerful for its precision. When you can say that you are repeating someone's words verbatim, it means every single word is exactly what was said. If you write something down verbatim, you can rely on it being a duplicate of the original document, recreated. Repeating words verbatim in your own writing can be tricky business. Without attributing the original author, verbatim can be the damning evidence of plagiarism.

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