The meaning of "essay"?

An essay is a short article.

contrex wrote:

An essay is a short article.

How short is short? 500 words is short enough or rather lengthy?

In 2005, Professor Xiao Chuanguo boosted in his resume that he had won two big awards for his urologist research from the American Urologist Association (AUA): the Jack Lapides Award and an AUA Achievement Award. According to Xiao himself, these are the highest honors from AUA.

In his essay exposing Xiao’s resume-padding, Fang Zhouzi pointed out that Jack Lapides award is not an achievement award but an award for an essay contest. Xiao did not provide the exact name in English of the other Achievement Award name, so Fang searched for recent winners of AUA’s Achievement Awards and did not find Xiao in it.

During the libel lawsuit proceeding, Xiao presented his Jack Lapides Award certification. Although the certification clearly states “Jack Lapides Essay Contest … … Grand Prize Winner”, Xiao continued to claim that it is one of the highest honors in the urological field, that “only the most world-renown scholars had won this award.” Despite Fang Zhouzi’s rebuttal and without further investigation, the Wuhan Court sided with Professor Xiao.

oristarA wrote:

contrex wrote:

An essay is a short article.

How short is short? 500 words is short enough or rather lengthy?

Generally if the essay is an educational assignment or test requirement a desired or minimum length will be mentioned. There is not an exact length which defines an essay.

(Is this about Xiao Chuanguo's resume-padding?)

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In 2005, Professor Xiao Chuanguo boosted in his resume that he had won two big awards for his urologist research from the American Urologist Association (AUA): the Jack Lapides Award and an AUA Achievement Award. According to Xiao himself, these are the highest honors from AUA.

In his essay exposing Xiao’s resume-padding, Fang Zhouzi pointed out that Jack Lapides award is not an achievement award but an award for an essay contest. Xiao did not provide the exact name in English of the other Achievement Award name, so Fang searched for recent winners of AUA’s Achievement Awards and did not find Xiao in it.

During the libel lawsuit proceeding, Xiao presented his Jack Lapides Award certification. Although the certification clearly states “Jack Lapides Essay Contest … … Grand Prize Winner”, Xiao continued to claim that it is one of the highest honors in the urological field, that “only the most world-renown scholars had won this award.” Despite Fang Zhouzi’s rebuttal and without further investigation, the Wuhan Court sided with Professor Xiao.

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