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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
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By the grace of god / by God’s will

Are the 2 interchangeable?

By the grace of god/by God’s will, he was able to find a way to get through this.

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anonymous Are the 2 interchangeable? No. "By the grace of ***" sounds English, but "by ***'s will" sounds like a literal translation of something from another language.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Are the 2 interchangeable?
  • No.
  • "By the grace of ***" sounds English, but "by ***'s will" sounds like a literal translation of something from another language.
  • Besides, "by ***'s will" seems to describe something inevitable, whereas "by the grace of ***" seems to describe something beneficial that happened by chance, and then only barely, as if by a narrow escape from something unpleasant.
  • CJ
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anonymousAre the 2 interchangeable?

No. "By the grace of ***" sounds English, but "by ***'s will" sounds like a literal translation of something from another language. Besides, "by ***'s will" seems to describe something inevitable, whereas "by the grace of ***" seems to describe something beneficial that happened by chance, and then only barely, as if by

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