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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Please take a look at this sentence.

Hi,

I'm a very hands on person and usually the most efficient when I'm physically active, which includes traveling, interpersonal communication, research, anything but stagnancy.

Please correct sentence.

Thanks.
  

Top answer

hands-on person For the sake of parallel structure: travel ing , etc. as you have them. I think stagnancy is probably not the word you want.

— Philip

  • hands-on person For the sake of parallel structure: travel ing , etc.
  • as you have them.
  • I think stagnancy is probably not the word you want.
  • Perhaps idleness .
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hands-on person

For the sake of parallel structure: traveling, etc. as you have them.

I think stagnancy is probably not the word you want. Perhaps idleness.
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Philiphands-on person For the sake of parallel structure: traveling, etc. as you have them. I think stagnancy is probably not the word you want. Perhaps idleness.

I suppose that you can't describe a person as hands-on(is that what you were trying to convey?),

and for the better I think it should be "down-to-earth."

Not sure if
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Hi,
interpersonal communication, research,These things do not sound very physically active.

If this is part of a job application, you might want to think before suggesting to them that you are most efficient when you are travelling, unless travelling is part of
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