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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

his timber/ their timber

The country needs more men of his timer.

The country needs more men of their timer.

Which sentence above is better?

Please advise.

LCChang
  

Top answer

They mean different things. The country needs more men of his timbre - you want them to be as good as one specific man you are thinking of the country needs more men of their timbre - you want them to be as good as several men you are thinking of

  • They mean different things.
  • The country needs more men of his timbre - you want them to be as good as one specific man you are thinking of the country needs more men of their timbre - you want them to be as good as several men you are thinking of
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They mean different things.

The country needs more men of his timbre - you want them to be as good as one specific man you are thinking of

the country needs more men of their timbre - you want them to be as good as several men you are thinking of
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Thank you. I think I have got it.

LCChang
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Hi Nona,

The country needs more men of his timbre

Should it not be 'timber' (meaning, figuratively, he's good, true, straight wood all the way through)?
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Hi again,

Actually, the more I think about this, the less certain I am. That happens, sometimes.

Waddaya think?Emotion: smile
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It's timber.

timber: a person or type of person qualified for a particular position or status <managerial timber> m-w.com

timbre is tone quality: the timbre of an oboe, of a violin, etc.

CJ
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sorry, I was thinking of voices for some reason. I agree it's timber, but not because of wood Emotion: smile

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