Timeline for Correct usage of "characterise"
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| Apr 29, 2014 at 23:02 | answer | added | StoneyB on hiatus | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 16, 2014 at 16:22 | answer | added | chapka | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 22:08 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | I have no issue with instructors who deduct a few points for sloppy or inflated writing. The best ones understand how the ability to communicate lucidly is a critical component of education. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 13:21 | comment | added | user5711 | Good to know that but I was just annoyed by the grade. I'll take your advice though. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 12:29 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | Ah! Now that's an interesting tidbit I wish you had added to your original question. However, making something wordier than it needs to be, or adding fancy words, does not make the language more suitable for a technical context. Your teacher has given you sound guidance and taught you a valuable lesson. Perhaps you could read this if you're not convinced. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 12:00 | comment | added | user5711 | @J.R. My chemistry lab instructor (who is also a non-native English-speaker student himself) suggested what you did, in assessing my chem lab report, which is just correct. But it seemed non-technical and irrelevant and I apparently have lost some points for the language. Nonprofessional. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 11:29 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | The first sentence isn't wrong, but it's wordier than it needs to be, and that's generally undesirable. Why not this? The sample object was transparent, stiff, and smooth. | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 8:50 | answer | added | user5267 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 12, 2014 at 8:31 | comment | added | Damkerng T. | In scientific/technical context, I believe it's not uncommon, though it might be better to write: The appearance of the sample (object) was characterised by its transparency, stiffness and smoothness. | |
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| Apr 12, 2014 at 7:49 | history | asked | user5711 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |