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WEBNov 26, 2023 · I might say "will serve as a representative sample," although "representative" is probably redundant in that context. "My teaching's characteristics" is awkward; "of the characteristics of my teaching" is better.
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WEBSep 3, 2019 · 1. : typical of a particular group of people or of a particular thing. a representative example. The paintings are representative of English art in the early 19th century. 2. : including examples of the different types of people or things in a group. The students chosen for the survey are a fairly representative sample/sampling of college ...
representational vs representative - WordReference Forums
WEBEnglish (Midlands UK) Oct 14, 2020. #2. Representational refers to a method of representing things: This is a representational drawing of the proposed plan... His painting is representational: you can always recognise the subject... It's the opposite of theoretical or abstract. Representative refers to the purpose as well as the method.
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WEBMay 15, 2007 · Once the main plant species had been identified in the burned area, we selected plots where representative species were prevalent and used these as training areas to observe the composition of the chosen species and to analyse changes over time.
Proxy measure - WordReference Forums
WEBOct 4, 2010 · Southern England. English - England. Oct 3, 2010. #6. Some things are hard to measure. You can measure the National Income/head by taking the National Income figures and dividing by the population. To use a proxy measure is to measure something you can measure in the hope of indicating the level of something you can't. An example …
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WEBJan 15, 2012 · 3. A representative sample of the students are waiting for you. 4. The board of directors is waiting for you. 5. The government is waiting for you. 6. Everyone is waiting for you. All of us agree on (1) and (6), but different speakers are likely to draw the line between "are" and "is" at a different point. The use above reflects my own preferences.
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WEBFrançais. May 16, 2014. #3. "In a particularly compelling study (...), researchers used a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults combined with mortality data on those same subjects from a nine-year follow-up period. The results were stark: 'Religious involvement is strongly associated with adult mortality in a graded fashion.
Course leader/Subject representative - WordReference Forums
WEBNov 2, 2012 · Chinese,Cantonese,Sichuan dialect. Nov 2, 2012. #1. Hi, One of my students told me just now because she is doing very well in her English class and her English is good, she was selected by the teacher to help other students with their English, hence she earned the name "Course leader"/"Subject representative". I've long heard of such terms …
agent / representative - WordReference Forums
WEBOct 18, 2011. #2. I think that is a legal question. Different jurisdictions may have different answers but (BE) agent = a person or business authorised to act on another's behalf: representative = a person or thing that represents another or others with or without legal authority and/or liability. E.
"Please ensure that at least one representative from each team …
WEBMar 8, 2007 · Well, according to ONE SITE that I like, "In this case, "ensure" is a bit tricky. Depending on how the speaker is thinking about the action of "ensuring," it may seem like a subjunctive complement verb (like "suggest" or "recommend"): ensuring is viewed as a requirement and the requirement is true, whether or not the event happens.