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Mr. Tom Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Verb required with benchmark: upset??

Hi

I need a decent verb (for formal writing) to be used with the word benchmark. Are these verbs OK?

Figures/Estimates sent by you were clearly upsetting/violating/overlooking the benchmark set by the company.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Mr. Tom Figures/Estimates sent by you were not clearly meeting the benchmark set by the company.

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Mr. TomFigures/Estimates sent by you were not clearly meeting the benchmark set by the company.
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I wonder if 'benchmark' may not be the correct word here. Can you explain what you mean, in a different way?

eg Do you mean that they exceeded some limit?
eg Do you mean that they were not prepared in a correct format?
eg Do yo mean that they wer
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Thanks for hitting the nail on the head, Clive. I meant this:

...that they exceeded the set limit.

violate the benchmark? Or what?


Tom
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I meant this:

...that they exceeded the set limit. A set limit is not 'a benchmark'.
The word 'benchmark' usually refers to a standardized test .
eg We tested 10 computers to see if they could perform 100,000 instructions in 10 seconds.


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