I made good use of Word's built-in thesaurus while growing up, and I'm pretty sure it boosted my writing grades slightly as teachers were impressed by the expan

I made good use of Word's built-in thesaurus while growing up, and I'm pretty sure it boosted my writing grades slightly as teachers were impressed by the expanded diction. These days I find thesauruses a great aid to more precisely describe what I'm trying to convey, or help me find that word that's on the tip of my tongue.