Stylist Issues

[rayyychul]

Hopefully someone gets to this quickly!

A friend of mine has asked me to look over an Englsih paper and told me that her professor has pointed out she needs to improve upon "stylist issues." I've never come across the term and Google isn't showing me anything but hair stylist issues (yikes!).

Here's what she said in the e-mail she sent me:

Can you please help me with stylist issues (that's what my teacher said I need to improve on). Honeslty, I don't even know what that means. He said for example, the word "on."

I can't ask her for clarification right now as she's at work, and I kind of want to do this sooner, rather than later.

Obviously I know this is incredibly vague and a long shot, but hopefully someone can help! (I'm not comfortable posting her essay on here, sorry.)

[Dodger Thirteen]

I think...that that...means "stylistic issues", which could be any number of things. It could be the way she writes - her style - or it could be her use of the citation style, aka MLA, Chicago, etc. But if we look at that example, then it likely means her use of prepositions and other grammatical errors. I would ask the professor what he means, though.

[onlyaworkingtitle]

... Stylist issues? Her hairdo and makeup?

I kid. As Dodger said, "stylistic" is probably more the word the professor meant. I'd suggest your friend drop by the professor's office hours (or make an appointment) and find out 1. exactly what the professor meant and 2. what he/she suggests your friend does, specifically to improve.

[Dodger Thirteen]

Not knowing what he meant is really bothering me, so please update us ASAP. D:

[rayyychul]

I will! I asked her to ask her prof today and we're meeting Saturday to go over her paper together. From what I can tell, though, it's just that she used "on" in odd places - "He notes on XYZ."