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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

gift/talent

I can't believe such a successful fund manager like you has decided to leave the rat race and live in a boat! You are wasting your gift/talent.

Is there any difference between gift and talent? I always find them interchangable. Thanks in advance!
  

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Thy are synonymous in this context. However, normally both would be plural: "gifts" / "talents", unless a specific one is identified : "Your gift for negotiation".

— Feebs11

  • Thy are synonymous in this context.
  • However, normally both would be plural: "gifts" / "talents", unless a specific one is identified : "Your gift for negotiation".
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Thy are synonymous in this context. However, normally both would be plural: "gifts" / "talents", unless a specific one is identified : "Your gift for negotiation".
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If you think of "talent' as having a good ability for something, and "gift' as an outstanding, exceptional ability that sets the person apart. Moreover, the very word "gift" implies that their talent is so outstanding that it is a 'gift from ***', that they have been singled out and this "gift" of some exceptional talent has been especially bestowed upon them at birth. So, a young child may show
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My reading of gift these days is more ordinary than that of Terryxpress. But perhaps I am wrong.
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Terryxpress, what a great explanation! Thanks, Terryxpress, Feebs11 and Marius Hancu.
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