Is "accomplished" correct?

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Merkuzio

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Hello everybody,

I'm not sure if this is the correct way to use “accomplish”:



I am particularly accomplished on characteristic products and fields.


I would like to use “accomplished” in this context, because I've already used “experienced” in the same letter.


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Reads like typical cover letter blah, blah, blah. Lot of words that say a lot but don't really mean anything. Don't be surprised if you don't get a response.

Best advice I can give you is to delete this sentence.
 

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What are characteristic products and fields?
 

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What are characteristic products and fields?

This is the complete context:

I am particularly accomplished on characteristic products and fields like travel and tourism. Furthermore, I’m confident with the administration of exclusive brands.

Instead of "characteristic", I would like to use "peculiar". Is this also correct in this context?

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This is the complete context:

I am particularly accomplished on characteristic products and fields like travel and tourism. Furthermore, I’m confident with the administration of exclusive brands.

Instead of "characteristic", I would like to use "peculiar". Is this also correct in this context? No.

Thanks!

"I am particularly accomplished on characteristic products and fields like travel and tourism."
The above makes no sense.
 

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"Peculiar" means "strange" or "unusual" and has a slightly negative connotation. Don't use it.
 

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"Peculiar" means "strange" or "unusual" and has a slightly negative connotation. Don't use it.

As far as I know, "strange, unusual, bizarre, odd" are not the main meaning of peculiar, which foremost means "particular, distinctive, specific", without any negative connotation.
 

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"I am particularly accomplished on characteristic products and fields like travel and tourism."
The above makes no sense.

If I use "experienced" instead of "accomplished", may it be correct?
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The sentence doesn't work. You could use something like I have a lot of experience in travel and tourism.

PS If you look at these dictionaries, peculiar is usually listed as meaning strange/odd, etc first. Definitions of peculiar - OneLook Dictionary Search
 
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