peculiar skills vs specific skills

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vectra

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Hello,

This is a line from one of my students' presentations:
To be a great specialist, you should have peculiar skills.

My opinion is:
To be a good specialist, you should develop specific skills.

I am not sure about the word 'specific' though. I might say 'skills necessary for the profession', but I would like to keep sentences short as it is a popplet presentation and they appear under photographs.

What is your opinion?
Thank you in advance.
 

Rover_KE

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Specific is fine.

It's better than peculiar because of the likely confusion with the more usual meaning of that word.

Rover
 

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People who call themselves specialists possess specialized skills or expertise.

not a teacher
 
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