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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

How do I better phrase this?

Hi,

I'm writing a formal letter to someone.
The letter explains that the copy they have sent us is not very "readable", It doesn't flow off the tongue well or sound very nice.

I thought the correct word for this was something like "simantic" "semantic" "symantic" but searches for all three return nothing helpful.

Is there a better way to phrase this? Maybe in a single word, like the word I presumed was correct, above?

Thank you.
  

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Hmm... I don't really know as well... haaha.

— AnonElle93

  • Hmm...
  • I don't really know as well...
  • haaha.
  • However, I think you can use simpler words like "not compelling", "not absorbing", "not engaging", "inadequate" ...
  • stuff like that.
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Hmm... I don't really know as well... Had a hard time thinking all the vocabularies I know...haaha.

However, I think you can use simpler words like "not compelling", "not absorbing", "not engaging", "inadequate"...
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Hi,

If the content of the copy they sent is hard to understand because of incorrect use of word which causes the meaning to be confused, what you may say politely is something like "Would you please clarify, or be more specific"?

"Is not very readable" is a rather vague statment. It could be the scribbed writing, the grammar or the tone in which the content was written in. I t
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I agree that "semantic" is probably the word the person had in mind, but it's definitely not the right word for his purposes. You can't indicate that something is "not very readable" by saying is is or isn't "semantic."
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If the paragraphs are not in harmony the letter can be considered "incoherent" but if it is wordy you can term it as "unstimulating"

Sync
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Sync,

Words are powerful. The right words melt people's heart and the wrong ones can cause havoc. "Incoherent" is such a word with negative connotation meaning lacking common sense or awareness. IN general, unless your intent is to antagonize someone, try to use words to form positive tone in writing.
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Hi, Ladies, Gents.

I'm the poster, thank you for the replies.

You've clarified things for me now.

Even though the question is answered now, I'll clarify what I was asking further.

We were supplied copy by someone for their website, it had to be perfect. The copy they sent was neither professionally written or very nice to read.

I kept things simple and
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I am training in this new process and will learn more about it with more training
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