higher or more weightage

[sebayanpendam]

Hi,

Which is correct?

1) Paper 1 has got more weightage than paper 2.
2) Paper 2 has got higher weightage than paper 2.

Thanks

 

[bhaisahab]

Hi,

Which is correct?

1) Paper 1 has got more weightage than paper 2.
2) Paper 2 has got higher weightage than paper 2.

Thanks

Both are incorrect "weightage" is not an English word. Do you mean, "Paper 1 is heavier than paper 2."? Or perhaps, "Paper 1 carries more weight than paper 2"?

 

[SirGod]

*Not a teacher

Or maybe:

Paper 1 contains more information than paper 2.
Paper 1 contains more valuable information than paper 2.

 

[luschen]

Maybe he means "Paper 1 is weightier than paper 2."

In this case, I would say that bhaisahab's second suggestion would be an improvement.


*** Not a teacher ***

 

[Rover_KE]

If they're exams, Paper 1 might carry more marks than Paper 2.

Rover

 

[JMurray]

1) Paper 1 has got more weightage than paper 2.
2) Paper 2 has got higher weightage than paper 2

sebayanpendam.

If this is to do with how much the paper actually weighs, the most common measure is grams per square metre (gsm or g/m²). A paper with a higher gsm is said to be "heavier" or to have a higher "grammage".

If it's to do with how important the paper is (eg more marks or more information etc) then the other responses have covered this.

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[BobK]

:up: This rings a faint bell. I think a long time ago (late '70's early '80s) I heard people in the production department at Oxford University Press using this word. Even if my memory's right, 'weightage' was only ever used by professional print-workers, and by the sound of it it's been replaced by 'grammage'.

b

 

[vil]

Noun: weightage wey-tij
Usage: Asia

1. A weight factor or ratio; weight
   "to make inheritance laws more gender-just, we will have to give special weightage to daughters’ rights"; "The admission holds 80% weightage while the interview holds 20% weightage of the admission process"

 

[BobK]

For that sense, the Br Eng is weighting or just 'weight'.

b

 

[sebayanpendam]

Hi again,

I didn't know that weightage has never existed because many people (in my country) have used it. I am referring to the section in the paper which sort of has more deciding factors in determining the overall marks than the other one. i attended this workshop on marking English paper, and the speakers said although section 1 carries 30 marks, it had more weightage than section 2 which contains 50 marks because it's a free essay. section 1 is a directed writing. If a candidate scores band B for section 1, he will be in band B also. that's at least what she said because most candidates memorize scripts for free writing.

Thanks.

 

[freezeframe]

Section A has more weight than section B.

 

[BobK]

Hi again,

I didn't know that weightage has never existed because many people (in my country) have used it. I am referring to the section in the paper which sort of has more deciding factors in determining the overall marks than the other one. i attended this workshop on marking English paper, and the speakers said although section 1 carries 30 marks, it had more weightage than section 2 which contains 50 marks because it's a free essay. section 1 is a directed writing. If a candidate scores band B for section 1, he will be in band B also. that's at least what she said because most candidates memorize scripts for free writing.

Thanks.

As vil's quote suggests, that is an Asian English usage. In a Br Eng educational context, either 'weight' or 'weighting' would be used. FF's answer suggests an Am Eng preference for the first.

b

 

[Rover_KE]

Hi again,

I didn't know that weightage has never existed because many people (in my country) have used it. I am referring to the section in the paper which sort of has more deciding factors in determining the overall marks than the other one. i attended this workshop on marking English paper, and the speakers said although section 1 carries 30 marks, it had more weightage than section 2 which contains 50 marks because it's a free essay. section 1 is a directed writing. If a candidate scores band B for section 1, he will be in band B also. that's at least what she said because most candidates memorize scripts for free writing.

Thanks.

Sebayanpendam,

Can you see the importance of context?

If you had given that information in message #1 instead of #10, a lot of people would have been spared the time and trouble of having to guess what you meant.

Rover

 

[sebayanpendam]

Sebayanpendam,

Can you see the importance of context?

If you had given that information in message #1 instead of #10, a lot of people would have been spared the time and trouble of having to guess what you meant.

Rover

Sorry for the trouble. I just wanted to know the correct adjective which modifies 'weightage', and i didn't know 'weightage' was not even an English word, and all of the sudden became the centre of the issue here. despite all that, it has been very enlightening.

Thanks

 

[JMurray]

... despite all that, it has been very enlightening.

Enlightening for me too because I'd never come across "weightage", hence my irrelevant post earlier.
I would agree with freezeframe on how this would be commonly expressed, in my experience, and add the variant "section A carries more weight than section B" which is often used in this sense – especially when it's a matter of one section having more influence on the result irrespective of the marks involved.

not a teacher