<p>HI.can u post here which newspapers are best for it?</p>
<p>and of course it should be interesting :D</p>
<p>new york times, the economist</p>
<p>New York Times and Direct Hits got me a 100% on the May sentence completions</p>
<p>^^ nope. while the NY times def. have good vocab, the walstreetjournal is written on a higher level. In other words, its written towards the highschool level, vs. the Times whihc is written towards, i believe, 6th grade reading level.</p>
<p>If you really want to boost your vocabulary I recommend that you read a bunch of 19th century British novels - Thomas Hardy, Dickens, Thackeray, and the like. Keep a dictionary handy and look up all the words you come across that you don’t know. </p>
<p>I’ve never known anyone who went through a British novel phase who didn’t end up with a pretty good vocabulary. And BTW, most of the stories are pretty good too.</p>
<p>delmonico–while I agree with you that the WSJ is written at a pretty high level, I have to say I think most people would agree that the NYTimes uses language that is at least as advanced. I read more of it than anything else in the months leading up to my SAT and got 800 on the reading and writing sections. For someone just looking to boost his vocabulary it’s second to none.</p>
<p>I agree with coureur, but my kids scored 790 (younger one) and 800 (older one) on a diet of sci fi and fantasy. Most good sci fi is written by smart people for smart people.</p>
<p>I don’t read the Wall Street Journal except for human interest excerpt that appears in our local paper, but I think you could do pretty well reading the NYT. Try the magazine too, not just the news sections.</p>
<p>Pretty much what everyone has said. Any reputable, national newspaper.</p>