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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Choice of words

Salam,

The Hindus bow to the divine/divinity in everyone.

Divine or divinity - which option is correct here?

AK

  

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I would not object to either one. They both sound good to me. It's hard to decide, but personally, I think I'd use 'divine'.

  • I would not object to either one.
  • They both sound good to me.
  • It's hard to decide, but personally, I think I'd use 'divine'.
  • It seems more abstract, and I think that's slightly more appropriate here.
  • 'divinity' can be used less abstractly to refer to any divine being.
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I would not object to either one. They both sound good to me. It's hard to decide, but personally, I think I'd use 'divine'. It seems more abstract, and I think that's slightly more appropriate here. 'divinity' can be used less abstractly to refer to any divine being.

CJ

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