Tedwonny
Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- UK
I wrote this sentence:
"This can be considered as an important step of betterment from the previous systems..."
and the marker corrected 'betterment' to 'improvement', saying that 'betterment' is a very loaded word and has a different meaning with different connotations.
I then looked up the phrase loaded word on the Internet and found out that this is a term used in rhetoric, referring to language attempting to influence the reader/listener by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes. What I don't quite understand though, is what different connotations can 'betterment' have? Is it not essentially synonymous as improvement and equally positive? It seems intriguing to me.
"This can be considered as an important step of betterment from the previous systems..."
and the marker corrected 'betterment' to 'improvement', saying that 'betterment' is a very loaded word and has a different meaning with different connotations.
I then looked up the phrase loaded word on the Internet and found out that this is a term used in rhetoric, referring to language attempting to influence the reader/listener by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes. What I don't quite understand though, is what different connotations can 'betterment' have? Is it not essentially synonymous as improvement and equally positive? It seems intriguing to me.