Expertise skills

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Hello!

I've just come across this sentence:

Her expertise skills are: fisheries, aquaculture etc.

As far as I know 'expertise' is a noun, I've never found it as an adjective, but in this sentence skills should require an adjective, am I wrong? Did she have to write 'expert' instead?
Anyway, could 'expertise skills' be a common idiom?

Thanks for your time

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

I've just come across this sentence:

Her expertise skills are: fisheries, aquaculture etc.

As far as I know 'expertise' is a noun, I've never found it as an adjective, but in this sentence skills should require an adjective, am I wrong? Did she have to write 'expert' instead?
Anyway, could 'expertise skills' be a common idiom? No.

There's no reason why a noun can't quaify another noun, eg

She has computer expertise, meaning she has expertise related to computers.

She has computer skills, meaning she has skills related to computers.

However, She has expertise skills sounds like she has skills in "the field of expertise", which is nonsense. In other words, using these two words together is redundant, because they are so similar.

Just say something like Her expertise relates to fisheries, aquaculture etc. or Her skills relate to fisheries, aquaculture etc.

Best wishes, Clive

Francesca · Answer

Hi Clive, thank you very much! <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

Marius Hancu · Answer

Fully agree with Clive.

Anonymous · Answer

Perfectly Explained !

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