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Petusek Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
'be qualified as'
The following phrase appears in an article written by a non-native speaker, :
[...] are generally qualified as omnivorous benthic organisms, [...]
Maybe it's not incorrect, but to me, it looks like an instance of Czechism. I can only see a handful of academic articles using 'be qualied as' in this way, and none of them written by native speakers of English.
Would, say, 'described', 'designated', 'considered' or, perhaps, 'classified' be better here?
Many thanks four any comments.
P.
[...] are generally qualified as omnivorous benthic organisms, [...]
Maybe it's not incorrect, but to me, it looks like an instance of Czechism. I can only see a handful of academic articles using 'be qualied as' in this way, and none of them written by native speakers of English.
Would, say, 'described', 'designated', 'considered' or, perhaps, 'classified' be better here?
Many thanks four any comments.
P.
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When I see either classified or even qualified I expect a class name to follow it. In your example, I would probably use described (though I don't see anything wrong with it as written). ] are generally classified/ qualified as reptiles I prefer classify to qualify but don't see anything wrong with qualify either.
- When I see either classified or even qualified I expect a class name to follow it.
- In your example, I would probably use described (though I don't see anything wrong with it as written).
- ] are generally classified/ qualified as reptiles I prefer classify to qualify but don't see anything wrong with qualify either.
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When I see either classified or even qualified I expect a class name to follow it. In your example, I would probably use described (though I don't see anything wrong with it as written).
[...] are generally described as omnivorous benthic organisms
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[...] are generally described as omnivorous benthic organisms
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