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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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How do I word this formally?

"They don't believe the Arts are a good enough field to pursue career in."
  

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Your sentence is not particularly informal to begin with. But what shade of meaning are you aiming at by saying "(not) good enough"? , not part of the elite class?

  • Your sentence is not particularly informal to begin with.
  • But what shade of meaning are you aiming at by saying "(not) good enough"?
  • , not part of the elite class?
  • Not lucrative enough?
  • Too difficult to succeed in?
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Your sentence is not particularly informal to begin with.
But what shade of meaning are you aiming at by saying "(not) good enough"?
Not socially acceptable, i.e., not part of the elite class? Not lucrative enough? Too difficult to succeed in? Something else?

CJ
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Not socially acceptable.
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AnonymousHow do I word this formally?
Here is one possibility: They disdain the pursuit of a career in the arts as below their station.

CJ

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