TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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Thank you so much. Best of luck with your application to Macfarlanes and hopefully we will both get invited to the AC!
Are you applying for the Spring or Summer VS?
I am applying for Summer.
No problem and likewise! I am applying for Spring and completed the test today. Still overthinking my answers from the test as I always do but hopefully it is positive for both of us
Same but I didn't get a VI invite so guess its a PFO
I am the same with every online test because I overthink each question and wonder whether any of my answer choices were correct.No problem and likewise! I am applying for Spring and completed the test today. Still overthinking my answers from the test as I always do but hopefully it is positive for both of us
I guess you just have to trust your gut instinct with them
I remember stressing over the HSF online test but then I somehow managed to pass that SJT. I don’t really know how they assess these tests it seems random.
As a British English person, ‘drafting’ is the correct way to spell it in almost all circumstances. Never heard anybody use or say the word ‘draughting’ in modern day context, so really be careful with that one! Hope this helps
I use 'drafting'. The only circumstances where I have seen 'draught' used are either in reference to windiness or a draughting table. Either way, I have not seen the verb form used in quite some time.
The OED seems to agree that 'to draught' is rarely used, even in British English:
"Even in British English, use of the spelling draught is now rare, although it is still occasionally found, chiefly in [the verb form]. The loss of the spelling distinction in the verb (but not the noun) probably results from the fact that the senses of the verb in which draught might have been preferred are much less common than the others." [emphasis added]
As the OED says, 'to draught' is occasionally still used. A recent example can be found in a piece in The Guardian from 2014:
""My partners all draw like a dream," grins Rogers, who is open about his dyslexia and poor draughting skills..."
In sum, it is perfectly legitimate to use 'to draught'. However, it is highly uncommon.
As a British English person, ‘drafting’ is the correct way to spell it in almost all circumstances. Never heard anybody use or say the word ‘draughting’ in modern day context, so really be careful with that one! Hope this helps
Oh okay perfect thank you! It came up underlined in red in a grammar checker so I googled it and it said "drafting" was American English and "draughting" was British English so I was just double checking, but "drafting" does look better 😂
I wouldn't write it off yet honestly, I got my Weil VI one week after everyone else did so anything is possibleSame but I didn't get a VI invite so guess its a PFO
Congrats, I still haven't heard after first round of tests. How early did you apply / complete test and Job sim?
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Draughting is not the correct term for writing something. Although draughting is the correct UK English spelling, it has various meanings but none are association with writing. Most of the definitions relate to the movement or air or liquid.
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