Sentences with phrase «than poor grammar»

Someone else has surely written about the concepts more clearly so that I can keep my confusion focused on understanding substance rather than poor grammar.

Not exact matches

In versions of manuscripts for another project submitted to Cognition, Science, and Nature, Hauser claimed that «16 out of 16 subjects» responded more to poor grammar than correct grammar, when in truth 13 monkeys had responded to a greater degree.

Nothing turns guys off than girls who have poor punctuation skills and bad grammar.

Things like net - speak, poor grammar, and incorrect spelling are a bigger mistake than whatever else you were doing in class that allows them.

It found that in England, poorer children — those from families in the bottom quarter of household incomes — had less than a 10 per cent chance of attending a grammar school, compared with a 40 per cent chance among those from families in the top quarter of household incomes.

Barry Sindall, chief executive of the Grammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer faGrammar School Heads Association, quoted from a 2008 Sutton Trust study which suggested that the social make - up of grammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer fagrammar schools was often more diverse than that of the top 100 comprehensives where entrance is decided on proximity to the school, pushing up house prices and excluding poorer families.

Fewer than half of England's grammar schools give poor pupils priority in allocating places, BBC research shows.

Previous research by the Sutton Trust has shown that children from the poorest homes are much less likely than any other pupils to attend a grammar school, even after allowing for location and prior attainment.

«If you look at the attainment within grammar schools, poorer children do better in grammar schools than they do in other schools,» said Mrs May.

He found in this piece of research that children from prosperous families in Kent (the biggest area for selective schools in England) are more likely to get into grammar schools and also that in selective areas, poorer children overall get relatively worse GCSE results than they do in comprehensive areas.

Grammar schools take relatively fewer bright, poor pupils than schools that do not select by ability, a study says.

The policy document consulted on plans to lift the ban on new grammar schools, a proposal that was dropped last year following the Conservatives» poorer - than - expected performance in June's election.

But new research published by the BBC today showed that fewer than half of England's grammar schools give poor pupils priority in allocating places.

If a beginning author can make money off e-books (even with poor grammar or plot holes), then I'm sure other beginning authors using correct grammar and applying multiple proofreading sessions will have even more opportunities than that to still earn a living writing.

Incorrect spelling or, more commonly, poor grammar, can mean a recruiter doesn't give your CV more than a glance.

Some report that too many job seekers submit resumes that have poor formatting, spelling and grammar errors, and are longer than three pages.

Information is not relevant to the job Wordy, vague, unfocused, rambling Focuses on responsibilities rather than achievements Lacks performance results — concrete ways your employers benefited from your skills No examples of achievements or success — awards and promotions Lacks hard numbers to back up achievements Work history is spotty, fraudulent or missing Education is overemphasized Crucial skills are buried and hard to find Layout is too difficult to read quickly Typos, poor grammar, outdated terminology

More than a third of employers that checked profiles said they had found content that disqualified a potential hire because of drinking or using drugs, posting inappropriate photographs and displaying poor grammar.

Misspellings, missing words, or wrong words, as well as poor grammar and formatting issues can make you look less than professional.