[Grammar] Please rephrase this sentence for me

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chimebells

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Good day,

I would like a comment rephrased to be a positive outlook

[he] finds it difficult to talk about the shapes of everyday objects.
 

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That comment is essentially negative, so it is difficult to rephrase it positively
 

Rover_KE

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You could try to phrase it along the lines of

'Hector can recognise the shapes of everyday objects but needs a lot of help in talking about them'.

I'll never forget the report of an army instructor about a particularly ineducable recruit:

'Private Parts* is able to perform simple tasks under strict supervision'.

* not his real name.

Rover
 
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