questions on which expression in more formal

[masaria]

hi to all,

I'm writing a formal proposal and I would like to check a few expressions that I would like to use.

First of all , the adverb of INTERDISCIPLINARY is INTERDISCIPLINARILY ?

Seconf, can anyone tell me if the following pieces of sentences are correct, and suggest any more formal expression?

1) this solutionappears as a suitable way to rationalize the approaches (the meaning is that what I propose is a good way of re-organizing the approaches to a certain experiment)

2).... merging scientists from different disciplines (it should mean ..scientists with different background that gather to share their knowledge)

3) "deep experience" or "profound experience", which is better? any other more formal alternative?

Thank in advance for your help....

masa

[Alan]

Hi,

First of all I would avoid turning INTERDISCIPLINARY into an adverb and instead use expressions like: in an INTERDISCIPLINARY way/manner/style.

Your first sentence seems all right.

I understand your use of 'merging' but I wonder if you can use this for people. Perhaps - 'bringing together'.

With 'experience' it depends whether you mean a single event that you have gone through which has had a great effect on you. In that case I would suggest 'profound'. On the other hand if you are referring to the accumulated knowledge over a period of time, I would say: 'substantial experience'.

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[masaria]

Thanks for the quick reply!

"substantial experience" will do fine

I will change MERGING into something else....

As for "interdisciplinarily", if it is not wrong....I'd rather use it... in fact, the actual sentence is a bit long and placing an adverb helps making it more "readable"

Thanks a lot for your support.

Masa