Is “skills-wise” correct English?
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In the following sentence:
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if I am suitable
for the position skills-wise.
Is "skills-wise" legitimate English?
If not, how could I change it to get the same meaning across?
suffixes
edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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In the following sentence:
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if I am suitable
for the position skills-wise.
Is "skills-wise" legitimate English?
If not, how could I change it to get the same meaning across?
suffixes
edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
2
You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31
add a comment |
In the following sentence:
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if I am suitable
for the position skills-wise.
Is "skills-wise" legitimate English?
If not, how could I change it to get the same meaning across?
suffixes
edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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In the following sentence:
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if I am suitable
for the position skills-wise.
Is "skills-wise" legitimate English?
If not, how could I change it to get the same meaning across?
suffixes
suffixes
edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
8,186103741
edited Feb 12 at 9:36
Glorfindel
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8,186103741
asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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asked Feb 11 at 9:31
GeorgeGeorge
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You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
2
You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31
add a comment |
1
You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
2
You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31
1
1
You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
2
2
You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31
You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31
add a comment |
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It is a perfectly idiomatic (natural) and productive pattern used in informal English but not common in formal writing.
The parachute deployed at the last moment, a successful trial drama-wise.
'X-wise' acts like an adverb, where X is a noun. It can be translated to 'with respect to X'.
The suffix '-wise' It is being used more and more lately. It can be a little jarring to mix formal and informal registers. Like with any new pattern, it can be used to interesting effect in formal writing, but shouldn't be used too much as it is considered out of place.
The suffix is actually a reuse of the noun version, that is seen in 'in no wise', which is old fashioned. Etymonline comments about this use of 'wise' as
Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English.
The suffix has the feeling to me of sounding old-fashioned, and so I feel like it is being used often in an attempt to sound both erudite (a grammatical way to make an adverb out of a noun) and familiar (an Anglo-Saxon suffix).
As to prevalence (and possible correctness) of 'skills-wise' or 'skillswise', neither appear in a Google Books search, which leads me to believe that it is not accepted as a word by editors. 'Skillswise' is also not recognized by my spellchecker (this is not absolute guarantee of non-wordness; lots of suffixings aren't recognized) but does appear in many titles in a web search, mostly sounding like neologisms. Separating with a hyphen yields few additional hits with a similar feeling.
As to a style choice and your request for an alternative, you could use 'with respect to skills' which is not too formal, or reword to "...if my skills are suitable for the position.", or even ignore it altogether "If I am suitable for the position." because the context already specified technical skills.
answered Feb 11 at 14:29
MitchMitch
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+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
add a comment |
You can change the sentence to
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if my skills are suitable for the position.
According to me, skill-wise is not appropriate English.
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
1
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
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More direct than the accepted answer is:
...take a technical test so you can tell whether I have the
skills for the job.
You could keep “team” “determine” and “position”, if you have to, but I thought I’d give an example of simple direct English.
Oh, and “Skills-wise” is an abomination.
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
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It is a perfectly idiomatic (natural) and productive pattern used in informal English but not common in formal writing.
The parachute deployed at the last moment, a successful trial drama-wise.
'X-wise' acts like an adverb, where X is a noun. It can be translated to 'with respect to X'.
The suffix '-wise' It is being used more and more lately. It can be a little jarring to mix formal and informal registers. Like with any new pattern, it can be used to interesting effect in formal writing, but shouldn't be used too much as it is considered out of place.
The suffix is actually a reuse of the noun version, that is seen in 'in no wise', which is old fashioned. Etymonline comments about this use of 'wise' as
Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English.
The suffix has the feeling to me of sounding old-fashioned, and so I feel like it is being used often in an attempt to sound both erudite (a grammatical way to make an adverb out of a noun) and familiar (an Anglo-Saxon suffix).
As to prevalence (and possible correctness) of 'skills-wise' or 'skillswise', neither appear in a Google Books search, which leads me to believe that it is not accepted as a word by editors. 'Skillswise' is also not recognized by my spellchecker (this is not absolute guarantee of non-wordness; lots of suffixings aren't recognized) but does appear in many titles in a web search, mostly sounding like neologisms. Separating with a hyphen yields few additional hits with a similar feeling.
As to a style choice and your request for an alternative, you could use 'with respect to skills' which is not too formal, or reword to "...if my skills are suitable for the position.", or even ignore it altogether "If I am suitable for the position." because the context already specified technical skills.
answered Feb 11 at 14:29
MitchMitch
52.2k15105217
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+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
add a comment |
It is a perfectly idiomatic (natural) and productive pattern used in informal English but not common in formal writing.
The parachute deployed at the last moment, a successful trial drama-wise.
'X-wise' acts like an adverb, where X is a noun. It can be translated to 'with respect to X'.
The suffix '-wise' It is being used more and more lately. It can be a little jarring to mix formal and informal registers. Like with any new pattern, it can be used to interesting effect in formal writing, but shouldn't be used too much as it is considered out of place.
The suffix is actually a reuse of the noun version, that is seen in 'in no wise', which is old fashioned. Etymonline comments about this use of 'wise' as
Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English.
The suffix has the feeling to me of sounding old-fashioned, and so I feel like it is being used often in an attempt to sound both erudite (a grammatical way to make an adverb out of a noun) and familiar (an Anglo-Saxon suffix).
As to prevalence (and possible correctness) of 'skills-wise' or 'skillswise', neither appear in a Google Books search, which leads me to believe that it is not accepted as a word by editors. 'Skillswise' is also not recognized by my spellchecker (this is not absolute guarantee of non-wordness; lots of suffixings aren't recognized) but does appear in many titles in a web search, mostly sounding like neologisms. Separating with a hyphen yields few additional hits with a similar feeling.
As to a style choice and your request for an alternative, you could use 'with respect to skills' which is not too formal, or reword to "...if my skills are suitable for the position.", or even ignore it altogether "If I am suitable for the position." because the context already specified technical skills.
answered Feb 11 at 14:29
MitchMitch
52.2k15105217
3
+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
add a comment |
It is a perfectly idiomatic (natural) and productive pattern used in informal English but not common in formal writing.
The parachute deployed at the last moment, a successful trial drama-wise.
'X-wise' acts like an adverb, where X is a noun. It can be translated to 'with respect to X'.
The suffix '-wise' It is being used more and more lately. It can be a little jarring to mix formal and informal registers. Like with any new pattern, it can be used to interesting effect in formal writing, but shouldn't be used too much as it is considered out of place.
The suffix is actually a reuse of the noun version, that is seen in 'in no wise', which is old fashioned. Etymonline comments about this use of 'wise' as
Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English.
The suffix has the feeling to me of sounding old-fashioned, and so I feel like it is being used often in an attempt to sound both erudite (a grammatical way to make an adverb out of a noun) and familiar (an Anglo-Saxon suffix).
As to prevalence (and possible correctness) of 'skills-wise' or 'skillswise', neither appear in a Google Books search, which leads me to believe that it is not accepted as a word by editors. 'Skillswise' is also not recognized by my spellchecker (this is not absolute guarantee of non-wordness; lots of suffixings aren't recognized) but does appear in many titles in a web search, mostly sounding like neologisms. Separating with a hyphen yields few additional hits with a similar feeling.
As to a style choice and your request for an alternative, you could use 'with respect to skills' which is not too formal, or reword to "...if my skills are suitable for the position.", or even ignore it altogether "If I am suitable for the position." because the context already specified technical skills.
answered Feb 11 at 14:29
MitchMitch
52.2k15105217
It is a perfectly idiomatic (natural) and productive pattern used in informal English but not common in formal writing.
The parachute deployed at the last moment, a successful trial drama-wise.
'X-wise' acts like an adverb, where X is a noun. It can be translated to 'with respect to X'.
The suffix '-wise' It is being used more and more lately. It can be a little jarring to mix formal and informal registers. Like with any new pattern, it can be used to interesting effect in formal writing, but shouldn't be used too much as it is considered out of place.
The suffix is actually a reuse of the noun version, that is seen in 'in no wise', which is old fashioned. Etymonline comments about this use of 'wise' as
Most common in English now as a word-forming element (as in likewise, clockwise); the adverbial -wise has been used thus since Old English.
The suffix has the feeling to me of sounding old-fashioned, and so I feel like it is being used often in an attempt to sound both erudite (a grammatical way to make an adverb out of a noun) and familiar (an Anglo-Saxon suffix).
As to prevalence (and possible correctness) of 'skills-wise' or 'skillswise', neither appear in a Google Books search, which leads me to believe that it is not accepted as a word by editors. 'Skillswise' is also not recognized by my spellchecker (this is not absolute guarantee of non-wordness; lots of suffixings aren't recognized) but does appear in many titles in a web search, mostly sounding like neologisms. Separating with a hyphen yields few additional hits with a similar feeling.
As to a style choice and your request for an alternative, you could use 'with respect to skills' which is not too formal, or reword to "...if my skills are suitable for the position.", or even ignore it altogether "If I am suitable for the position." because the context already specified technical skills.
answered Feb 11 at 14:29
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answered Feb 11 at 14:29
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answered Feb 11 at 14:29
MitchMitch
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answered Feb 11 at 14:29
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+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
add a comment |
3
+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
3
3
+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
+1. This use of "wise" is quite ancient -- it comes from the Old English genitive of "way" (so "otherwise" : "other way" :: "once" : "one") -- but nowadays it has somehow come to sound informal, outside of specific fixed compounds like "clockwise" and "otherwise" and "pointwise" and so on. (A bit awkwardly, there's some regional variation in which fixed compounds survived -- for example, "elsewise" and "anywise" are found in some regions but not others -- but "skills-wise" is definitely not a survival anywhere!)
– ruakh
Feb 12 at 0:02
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
Or you could say it shows a lack of imagination or ability in the use of language. So is that really good advice? If I got a job application like that I know where I'd put it.
– David
Feb 12 at 13:39
add a comment |
You can change the sentence to
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if my skills are suitable for the position.
According to me, skill-wise is not appropriate English.
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
1
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
|
show 4 more comments
You can change the sentence to
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if my skills are suitable for the position.
According to me, skill-wise is not appropriate English.
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
1
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
|
show 4 more comments
You can change the sentence to
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if my skills are suitable for the position.
According to me, skill-wise is not appropriate English.
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
You can change the sentence to
...take a technical test, so your team can determine if my skills are suitable for the position.
According to me, skill-wise is not appropriate English.
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
answered Feb 11 at 9:59
Shashin BhayaniShashin Bhayani
1572
1572
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
1
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
|
show 4 more comments
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
1
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
21
21
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
OK but we're looking for what the English-speaking world as a whole thinks about "skills-wise", not your personal opinion.
– David Richerby
Feb 11 at 15:19
3
3
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
Note: Native English speakers never say "according to me", because "according to" is used in explaining why you think something; it makes no sense to say that you led yourself to think it. Rather, you mean "In my opinion", or "I feel that", or "If you ask me".
– ruakh
Feb 11 at 23:52
4
4
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
This answer is just flat-out wrong and should not be the accepted answer
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:36
2
2
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
@ruakh English native speakers do say that all the time. It's rather more common to say "According to him/her/them" than "According to me/you" but "According to me" is said. The fact that, technically, it might be incorrect doesn't prevent its being used in this way.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 12:16
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I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
I don't know whether he's a native speaker or not. I'm just saying that British people frequently use "according to me/you/him/her/them" in exactly the way that that he did.
– BoldBen
Feb 12 at 21:04
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More direct than the accepted answer is:
...take a technical test so you can tell whether I have the
skills for the job.
You could keep “team” “determine” and “position”, if you have to, but I thought I’d give an example of simple direct English.
Oh, and “Skills-wise” is an abomination.
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
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More direct than the accepted answer is:
...take a technical test so you can tell whether I have the
skills for the job.
You could keep “team” “determine” and “position”, if you have to, but I thought I’d give an example of simple direct English.
Oh, and “Skills-wise” is an abomination.
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
add a comment |
More direct than the accepted answer is:
...take a technical test so you can tell whether I have the
skills for the job.
You could keep “team” “determine” and “position”, if you have to, but I thought I’d give an example of simple direct English.
Oh, and “Skills-wise” is an abomination.
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
More direct than the accepted answer is:
...take a technical test so you can tell whether I have the
skills for the job.
You could keep “team” “determine” and “position”, if you have to, but I thought I’d give an example of simple direct English.
Oh, and “Skills-wise” is an abomination.
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
answered Feb 11 at 13:48
DavidDavid
5,11941236
5,11941236
add a comment |
add a comment |
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You can just drop it... "suitable for the position."
– jimm101
Feb 11 at 15:25
Related: When is it correct to use the -wise suffix?
– Hearth
Feb 11 at 17:02
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You should really change the accepted answer.
– Kevin
Feb 12 at 4:31