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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Have a gift or the gift of prophecy

Hi. Please tell me what the difference is. I am not sure the sentence is a good example sentence though.Thank you for your help in advance.

If you have 1) the gift of prophecy / 2) a gift of prophecy but don't have this, I don't think it means anything.
  

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There's not much difference, and probably no difference is intended. ' The gift of prophecy' suggests the speaker thinks there is only one such gift. '.

— Clive

  • There's not much difference, and probably no difference is intended.
  • ' The gift of prophecy' suggests the speaker thinks there is only one such gift.
  • '.
  • 'The' is more commonly used with this particular phrase.
  • Clive
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There's not much difference, and probably no difference is intended.
'The gift of prophecy' suggests the speaker thinks there is only one such gift.
'A' implies the speaker thinks there may be various forms of 'gifts of prophecy.'.

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Use "the". It's like the gift of gab. You can't have a gift of gab.
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