consultative/ consulting

English translation: either

23:37 Nov 19, 2020
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: consultative/ consulting
Is it correct to say to a consultative role in this context, or only a consulting role is the correct answer? Please, explain your answer

X was given a ______________ role in the preparation of our new school project.
A. consulting B. consultative
Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 01:23
Selected answer:either
Explanation:
It doesn't matter which you use, though "consulting" is more common and has one less syllable.

"Consulting role" gets 390,000 Google hits.
"Consultative role" gets 234,000.
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philgoddard
United States
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +1B. consultative
Yvonne Gallagher
5 +1consultative role
Teresa Goncalves
4 +2either
philgoddard
4 +1consultant
Bashiqa
5Consultative
Renol Siregar


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
B. consultative


Explanation:
:-)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 01:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donna Michelle Lim: intended to give professional advice or recommendations.
2 days 22 hrs
  -> Many thanks:-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
consultative role


Explanation:
Explanation

Teresa Goncalves
Portugal
Local time: 01:23
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sajad Neisi
19 hrs

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I already said this
22 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
consultative/consulting
either


Explanation:
It doesn't matter which you use, though "consulting" is more common and has one less syllable.

"Consulting role" gets 390,000 Google hits.
"Consultative role" gets 234,000.

philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Z-Translations Translator: the "either" option is the best answer !
15 hrs

neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: surely we are not down to counting syllables (or Ghits) to decide on the best word??? The question: is "consultative" ok? //OMG "I backed up my answer with numbers"!!
17 hrs
  -> There is no "best word". And all you gave by way of explanation was a smiley face - at least I backed up my answer with numbers.

agree  Sarah Simmonds: absolutely right - either
5 days
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
consultant


Explanation:
I would rewrite as follows:
x was employed as consultant ..............

Bashiqa
France
Local time: 02:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I don't see why you'd want to rewrite it, since it's OK already. But it's "employed as **a** consultant".
10 hrs
  -> Thank you for "finding" my missing letter "a".

agree  Cilian O'Tuama: No need to rewite, but consultative role, consulting role and even consultant role all work.
11 hrs
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2 days 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Consultative


Explanation:
:)

Renol Siregar
Indonesia
Local time: 07:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: I already gave this answer
15 hrs
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