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Ann225 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Aptitude, shoot up

Hi,

1) "I have little aptitude for maths."

"I don't have much talent for maths."

2) Is there another way of saying this? What about: 'I don't have a mindset for maths."?

3) If I felt a sudden pain in my back, could I use the word 'shoot up'? "I felt a sharp pain shoot up in my back."

Thank you.

  

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" Both are good. Ann225 2) Is there another way of saying this? "?

— CalifJim

  • " Both are good.
  • Ann225 2) Is there another way of saying this?
  • "?
  • Also OK, but a bit unusual.
  • 'mindset' is a little too all-encompassing to apply just to maths, I'd say.
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Ann2251) "I have little aptitude for maths.""I don't have much talent for maths."

Both are good.

Ann2252) Is there another way of saying this? What about: 'I don't have a mindset for maths."?

Also OK, but a bit unusual. 'mindset' is a little too all-encompassing to apply just to maths, I'd say.

mindset: a hab

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Use of the phrase "shoot up" here is questionable because it's slang for injecting heroin with a hypodermic needle.

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