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Is it possible for a person to be smart AND a poor writer at the same time?

For example, they don't always use proper sentence structure, punctuation, or use proper grammar. Their sentences aren't very complex. Is it possible that this person could be a poor writer, yet be intelligent at the same time? For example, they didn't take many composition/ english courses in college. And they didn't pay attention in the ones that they did take. But they still somehow aced college as a political science major. And some of their instructors would state, "the writing seems to be the problem here" on their essay tests that they returned to them. They had a good understanding of the lectures and text, had good critical thinking skills, but they couldn't express their thoughts in a well written manner. And in personal letters/ emails they find that folks that didn't attend college or have take few courses have better writing skills than them. Yeah, let's use that as a HYPOTHETICAL example. Haha.

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6 months ago
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Yes. I think it is totally possible. I am a sophmore in college now and i feel that way excatly. I am an education major but i have a hard time with writing papers. I have no problem in having ideas but my way of writing is not seen as "the way to be writing" at all. I understand everything i learn but I can't write like everybody else. I have great discussions in class and with my professors but it doesn't always show in my papers. What i do is write it all out how i would normally write then have a friend or professor read it and tell me what corrections should be made. Don't feel bad! I love to write my own ideas but the words never come out right! It's ok! Nobody is perfect.