What exactly is the need for building up vocabulary or knowing new words over and above the common words ? I am not asking from academic perspective but trying to grasp the real need for learning new words. Some say that it helps express oneself better but how that’s not possible with the most commonly used words and rare words are anyways perhaps might not be comprehensible as they are uncommon. Isn’t simple and easy better ? Most books use uncommon words that are not spoken in day to day life. Request your views
Well, as an experiment, look at how you could have stated that paragraph in a more simple manner. You could have probably gotten the message across with “Why bother learning new words? Simple is better, no?” But there’s a lot of nuance that would be lost.
A lot of vocabulary building feels more academic than useful, that’s true. But there’s another aspect to reading, which involves exercising your brain. That requires challenge, in a similar manner as you’d exercise muscles. And you could see general life improvements from challenging your brain constantly.
Thank you for your reply.