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- meaning - Naïve vs Ignorant - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Naive people are likely to be trusting or unsophisticated Essentially, ignorance is a lack of knowledge or education Naivety is a lack of experience and wisdom Someone who makes inappropriate comments would more likely be described as ignorant Someone who thinks that bad things only happen to bad people would be described as naive
- Naïve, naïf, naïvety, naïveté - English Language Usage Stack . . .
The New Oxford American Dictionary reports that the meaning of the words is the following: naive nɑˈiv (also naïve) adjective (of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment: the rather naive young man had been totally misled • (of a person) natural and unaffected; innocent: Andy had a sweet, naive look when he
- orthography - Is it spelt naïve or naive? - English Language . . .
naïve is the correct and official spelling writing but naive is accepted, mostly because people can't be bothered putting the two dots on the i – user29418 Commented Jan 11, 2017 at 3:01
- What is the practical difference between “ignorant” and “naïve”?
'Naive' is the opposite of 'cynical' If you are naive, that may imply that you are ignorant of certain facts (like expectations of poor behavior of certain people) or it could mean that you think the best of people One may be ignorant of algorithms for extracting roots of numbers, but tat doesn't translate to naivete –
- Is the diaeresis legal in “naïve”? - English Language Usage . . .
I understand why naïve is spelled with two dots, and that those dots are called a diaeresis What I do not understand is whether the use of a diaeresis is legal in English; is it?
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Synonyms: artless, genuine, honest, innocent, naive (or na{iuml}ve), natural, real, simple, sincere, true, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious Solo voice recital requires more than singing I took voice for several years and was taught that premeditated physical expression (acting, basically) is equally important to proper projection and economy of breath in order to fully express a piece
- linguistics - Meaning of native speaker of English - English Language . . .
@Bogdan: It seems that the meaning of the word word "native" is pretty obvious in this context It means you grew up speaking the language Even if you attain a faultless mastery of the language after you're out of the small-child stage of learning, you are not a native speaker; you are a fluent speaker tips hat to RegDwight –
- diacritics - Two dots on the i instead of one? - English Language . . .
The origin of "naive" is the French word "naïve" (Notice that the French "naïve" is italicized) As a French word, it is spelled naïve or naïf (French adjectives have grammatical gender; naïf is used with masculine nouns while naive is used with feminine nouns ) The two dots above the "i" are called diaeresis As an unitalicized English
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