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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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One person two letters OR two persons one letter each?
A call for a job position requires
"Two reference letters written by a scientist in related field."
I thought they want me to have "one person writes two letters". But they said no. "Two persons should write a letter separately".
Is there any chance to justify their claim? It's a sentence in a job call for a research institute in Japan. I only prepared two letters from one person, but they said I am failed. There was a japanese text as well, but it was more vague so that I referred the english part.
The person who wrote the call is actually bad at english. And I am at this level.
"Two reference letters written by a scientist in related field."
I thought they want me to have "one person writes two letters". But they said no. "Two persons should write a letter separately".
Is there any chance to justify their claim? It's a sentence in a job call for a research institute in Japan. I only prepared two letters from one person, but they said I am failed. There was a japanese text as well, but it was more vague so that I referred the english part.
The person who wrote the call is actually bad at english. And I am at this level.
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Anonymous Is there any chance to justify their claim? Yes, indeed—that is obviously what is meant: two scientists, one letter each. No company would reasonably call for 2 reference letters from the same person.
- Anonymous Is there any chance to justify their claim?
- Yes, indeed—that is obviously what is meant: two scientists, one letter each.
- No company would reasonably call for 2 reference letters from the same person.
- The reader must use common sense.
- If I told you that 'everyone used a toothbrush', would you think that it was a single toothbrush shared by all?
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AnonymousIs there any chance to justify their claim?Yes, indeed—that is obviously what is meant: two scientists, one letter each. No company would reasonably call for 2 reference letters from the same person. The reader must use common sense. If I told you that 'everyone used a toothbrush', would you think that it was a single toothbrush shared by all?
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