What is another way of saying “unprofessional”?
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I am marking undergraduate papers and I've been asked by Dep. Head to avoid using the term "unprofessional" to refer to students' reports.
What is another nicer (but accurate) way of saying a report, due to the wrong choice of words or simply syntactical errors, is unprofessional?
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I am marking undergraduate papers and I've been asked by Dep. Head to avoid using the term "unprofessional" to refer to students' reports.
What is another nicer (but accurate) way of saying a report, due to the wrong choice of words or simply syntactical errors, is unprofessional?
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
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What is another nicer (but accurate) way of saying a report, due to the wrong choice of words or simply syntactical errors, is unprofessional?
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
– Scott
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
– Scott
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
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Be specific: "This sentence is awkwardly worded." "This phrasing is ambiguous." "There is a grammatical error here."
You might describe the entire report as "unpolished" or "requiring revision" or "not thoroughly edited", which is polite in that it implies that the student would be capable of turning in a better product if they had more time.
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Be specific: "This sentence is awkwardly worded." "This phrasing is ambiguous." "There is a grammatical error here."
You might describe the entire report as "unpolished" or "requiring revision" or "not thoroughly edited", which is polite in that it implies that the student would be capable of turning in a better product if they had more time.
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Chemomechanics
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Be specific: "This sentence is awkwardly worded." "This phrasing is ambiguous." "There is a grammatical error here."
You might describe the entire report as "unpolished" or "requiring revision" or "not thoroughly edited", which is polite in that it implies that the student would be capable of turning in a better product if they had more time.
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
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up vote
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Be specific: "This sentence is awkwardly worded." "This phrasing is ambiguous." "There is a grammatical error here."
You might describe the entire report as "unpolished" or "requiring revision" or "not thoroughly edited", which is polite in that it implies that the student would be capable of turning in a better product if they had more time.
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
1,046210
Be specific: "This sentence is awkwardly worded." "This phrasing is ambiguous." "There is a grammatical error here."
You might describe the entire report as "unpolished" or "requiring revision" or "not thoroughly edited", which is polite in that it implies that the student would be capable of turning in a better product if they had more time.
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
1,046210
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
1,046210
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
1,046210
answered 1 hour ago
Chemomechanics
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1,046210
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"Sloppy" or "too informal"?
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