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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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For all his gifts

I heard someone on tv say this about an athlete


Is it correct to say « for all his gifts »? Is the sentence correct? It seems incorrect or like something is missing?


Ben Simons for all of his gifts is a non perimeter player in a perimeter league.


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" (Taking all of X into account, yet something is lacking). Ben Simons, despite all his gifts, is a non-perimeter player in a perimeter league.

— Doctor D

  • " (Taking all of X into account, yet something is lacking).
  • Ben Simons, despite all his gifts, is a non-perimeter player in a perimeter league.
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The phrase is usually taken to mean "despite all." (Taking all of X into account, yet something is lacking).

Ben Simons, despite all his gifts, is a non-perimeter player in a perimeter league.

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