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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Derive

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Is it correct to say « derive » without « from »?


For example, was Nobel Prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein intelligent? Obviously, to derive the theory of relativity required a mathematical genius. Yet Einstein was so bad at simple arithmetic that his checkbook was always out of balance.

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anonymous Is it correct to say « derive » without « from »? Yes. You derive one thing from another.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is it correct to say « derive » without « from »?
  • Yes.
  • You derive one thing from another.
  • If you don't mention the other thing, you don't need 'from'.
  • To derive the theory of relativity ( from previous work on the topic) required a mathematical genius.
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anonymousIs it correct to say « derive » without « from »?

Yes. You derive one thing from another. If you don't mention the other thing, you don't need 'from'.

To derive the theory of relativity (from previous work on the topic) required a mathematical genius.

CJ

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