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Uktous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Numerate/numeracy skills/abilities

Hi,

Question:
If I completed a maths degree, which sentence is correct?

Sentence1:
I have excellent numerate skills and analytical mind.
Sentence2:
I have excellent numerate abilities and analytical mind.
Sentence3:
I have excellent numeracy skills and analytical mind.
Sentence4:
I have excellent numeracy abilities and analytical mind.

Thanks
  

Top answer

I have excellent numerancy skills and an analytical mind.

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I have excellent numerancy skills and an analytical mind.
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Is "numerancy" in common use in the UK? To me it sounds like a course taught at Hogwarts.
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Sorry typo. Maybe it wil appear in one of the books soon though. I did mean numeracy. Was dashing off to the dentist and didn't read before posting.
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I wasn't actually making fun of the typo. I would still think that "numeracy" (I know, it's parallel to "literacy" which IS used) sounds like a Hogwarts class.

Is numeracy used?
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sorry, i am not sure.

I saw some examples of using numerancy skills and using numerate skills.


Example of using numerancy skills:
http://learntech.uwe.ac.uk/numeracy/
see topic

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Yes. We do use it when talking about key skills. There are lots of companies improving numeracy and literacy skills and thats exactly as they sell them. I am excellent at maths (keen darts player), but wanted to improve my grammar so tried doing one of these online courses for free. Brain numbingly boring, and so basic that I couldn't be bothered completing the course.
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Ah. I think we just say "good with numbers."

(Darts? I'd put someone's eye out. But that sounds fun.)
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As long as 'its the bullseye'.
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And I would be satisfied with "didn't maim anyone."
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