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Disciplined/disciplinary


Xinfu June 16, 2015 11:29 PM

Disciplined/disciplinary
 
-Immigration officers have fewer dangerous duties than people in other disciplined forces.
-Immigration officers have fewer dangerous duties than people in other disciplinary forces.

Are they just the same thing?

Rusty June 17, 2015 05:20 AM

These sentences do not mean the same thing.

Xinfu June 18, 2015 01:51 AM

1. But are they both correct?
2. What's the difference?

disciplined=have to listen to orders from above
disciplinary=related to discipline

Rusty June 18, 2015 04:32 AM

Both sentences are correct, but do not mean the same thing.

disciplined = behavior in accord with rules of conduct; behavior and order maintained by training and command; rigorous

disciplinary = enforcing or administrating discipline

The former describes the behavior or characteristic of a group. The latter describes a directive or function of a group.

Xinfu June 20, 2015 11:09 PM

Thank you.

pjt33 June 21, 2015 01:35 AM

Grammatically both sentences are correct. However, and this may be a cultural thing, to call immigration officers members of a "disciplinary force" sounds wrong to me. The term is clearly appropriate for prison officers, and seems reasonable to apply to police officers who have the power to issue formal cautions and/or small fines and, maybe, magistrates, but I can't think of any other institution for which it seems suitable.

Xinfu June 22, 2015 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 155315)
Grammatically both sentences are correct. However, and this may be a cultural thing, to call immigration officers members of a "disciplinary force" sounds wrong to me. The term is clearly appropriate for prison officers, and seems reasonable to apply to police officers who have the power to issue formal cautions and/or small fines and, maybe, magistrates, but I can't think of any other institution for which it seems suitable.

What's Inglés?

poli June 22, 2015 10:22 AM

Inglés is English in the Spanish language.
Constabulary may be a better term than disciplinary.

Xinfu June 23, 2015 06:11 AM

Thank you.


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