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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
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00 Can I say " he is a 01 b 00 hereditary 02 b 00 revolutionary activist" to express the idea that he is a revolutionary activist who comes from a family with the tradition of taking part in revolutionary movements ( i.e His father is a leader of a revolutionary movement , his sisters are all members of a local revolutionary movement struggling for equality between men and women , and his mother ,too) 02 br
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00 Can I say " he is a 01 b 00 hereditary 02 b 00 revolutionary activist" to express the idea that he is a revolutionary activist who comes from a family with the tradition of taking part in revolutionary movements ( i.e His father is a leader of a revolutionary movement , his sisters are all members of a local revolutionary movement struggling for equality between men and women , and his mother ,too) 02 br
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0 He comes from a long line of revolutionaries. 0-
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0 He comes from a long line of revolutionaries. (That implies that his father and grandfather as well, etc.) 02 br
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00 It seems that being a revolutionary is a family affair. 02 br
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00 It seems that being a revolutionary is a family affair. 02 br
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0 Diabetes, which is linked to improper diets, is also a 01 b 00 hereditary disease. 02 br
00 Hereditary - characteristics passed on from generation to genreation, of genetic inference. 02 b 00 0-
00 Hereditary - characteristics passed on from generation to genreation, of genetic inference. 02 b 00 0-
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0 I'd suggest the answer to your question is, "no." "Family traditions" are by definition not inherited. They're taught. (Nurture, not nature.) Perhaps a hundred years ago people might have used your expression, because we had not yet learned otherwise. 02 br
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00 (You might inherit certain rebellious traits, not to mention the family fortune.) 0-
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0 Thank you Avangi , Grammar Geek , and Goodman. 02 br
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00 I see in the Vietnamese-English dictionary the phrase " a 01 b 00 hereditary artist 02 b 00 " . I wonder whether "hereditary" is used the right way here. Please help me with this issue . To me , " hereditary " is wrongly used here , but because it is in a dictionary so I am not sure whether I am
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00 I see in the Vietnamese-English dictionary the phrase " a 01 b 00 hereditary artist 02 b 00 " . I wonder whether "hereditary" is used the right way here. Please help me with this issue . To me , " hereditary " is wrongly used here , but because it is in a dictionary so I am not sure whether I am
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0 Hi guys, 02 br
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01 font 00 " he is a 01 b 00 hereditary 02 b 00 revolutionary activist" 02 font 02 br
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00 I think of things rather than people as being hereditary, so I'd prefer to say 01 b 00 "His involvement in revolutionary activism is hereditary". 02 b 02 br
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01 font 00 " he is a 01 b 00 hereditary 02 b 00 revolutionary activist" 02 font 02 br
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00 I think of things rather than people as being hereditary, so I'd prefer to say 01 b 00 "His involvement in revolutionary activism is hereditary". 02 b 02 br
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0 Hi Tuongvan, 02 br
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00 Now you've tweaked my curiosity. How did "art" sneak into the conversation? The notion has been around for a long time that art was in the genes (music, acting, painting, etc.), but I rather think that the more science we learn, the more we tend to file this "notion" away with other folk lore. Perhaps CJ can shed some light. 02 br
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00 Now you've tweaked my curiosity. How did "art" sneak into the conversation? The notion has been around for a long time that art was in the genes (music, acting, painting, etc.), but I rather think that the more science we learn, the more we tend to file this "notion" away with other folk lore. Perhaps CJ can shed some light. 02 br
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0 Just about the only thing we inherit is the ability to make certain proteins. But there are thousands and thousands of them, so it is still impossible at this stage of the science to determine what some of these proteins do and how they interact to influence behavior. There is certainly no such thing as a revolutionary gene (or its corresponding protein), or a music gene (or its protein
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0 Hi Califjim and Avangi, 02 br
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00 You are both quite right about it . Maybe that is a wrong translation in the dictionary , but frankly speaking , I am very confused about the use of the word " hereditary " . For example , in Oxford dictionary they also use hereditary for people . 02 br
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00 You are both quite right about it . Maybe that is a wrong translation in the dictionary , but frankly speaking , I am very confused about the use of the word " hereditary " . For example , in Oxford dictionary they also use hereditary for people . 02 br
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0 Of course the legal meaning or usage of "hereditary" is entirely separate from the biological one. This applies to certain titles and ranks, and rights to property etc., as your dictionary definitions 2 & 3 suggest. 02 br
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00 Definition #1 is what CJ and I were talking about. Things like eye color, suceptibility to certain diseases (hemophilia, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy)
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00 Definition #1 is what CJ and I were talking about. Things like eye color, suceptibility to certain diseases (hemophilia, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy)
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