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Thank you for your much better definition. I'm involved in training and spent hours setting the wretched things for NVQs (non-vocational qualifications in England&Wales). I think it was chosen, over say "level of competence" because the key idea in NVQs is that there are no levels (say A+, B-) if you are looking at say, the task of typing a letter to an acceptable level, you either are competent or you are not, like an on-off switch not a scale.
As they say in Human Resources Mangement - I hear what you say .... but .... the word still sounds clumsy, especially, as you say, technical terms tend to filter into everyday language.
I think I'll utter one of Jackie's favourite words (was it demisemihemiquaver) to myself whenever I hear it!
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted relevance or relevancy? unicorn 05/08/00 11:41 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? GZini 05/09/00 01:06 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? jmh 05/09/00 08:26 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? Jackie 05/10/00 11:58 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? shanks 05/11/00 04:04 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? jmh 05/11/00 06:37 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? tsuwm 05/11/00 07:21 PM Re: relevance or relevancy? shanks 05/12/00 07:46 AM Re: oops jmh 05/12/00 09:18 AM Re: relevance or relevancy? Jackie 05/12/00 11:34 AM
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