degree of formation vs formedness vs well-formedness of

[White Hat]

So are you suggesting it would be correct to say,

"degree to which a skill has formed in a person"

?

 

[GoesStation]

Found this online. How accurate is this information?

Definition of Formedness

1. Noun. (context: especially in combination) The condition of having a (specified) form

http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/formedness

That's a good definition. It's possible that formedness is routine vocabulary in a particular field of study. It's a very rare word in general use.

I had just arrived at a small academic conference and was standing in a courtyard when a woman approached me and asked, "Are you embodied?" That would have been a bizarre question in any other context, but it happened that the word embodied​ was part of the name of the conference.

 

[GoesStation]

So are you suggesting it would be correct to say,

"degree to which a skill has formed in a person"

?

Yes. I can't judge whether that would be typical usage in a particular field of study.

 

[White Hat]

All right. What goes through your mind when you hear,

"degree to which a skill has been formed in a person"

?

Does that make any sense to you at all?

 

[GoesStation]

All right. What goes through your mind when you hear,

"degree to which a skill has been formed in a person"

?

Does that make any sense to you at all?

Yes, it makes sense. It's a sentence fragment though. The complete sentence could be nonsense.

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think that the idea formedness goes with skill. I just can't conceive of a skill having a shape. Skills are learnt, possessed, developed, honed, etc. but not 'formed'.

What is the paper actually about? What skill do you mean?

 

[White Hat]

I don't think that the idea formedness goes with skill. I just can't conceive of a skill having a shape. Skills are learnt, possessed, developed, honed, etc. but not 'formed'.

What is the paper actually about? What skill do you mean?

I'd readily go with the verb 'develop'. Perhaps, mine is not the best example.