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Mentee Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

How to use 'take up the mantle'?

Hi,
Please verify if the usage of the idiom 'take up the mantle' in the following sentences is appropriate. If not, kindly suggest something more appropriate and idiomatic.
  1. By means of his ingenious experiments, the ordinary lab assistant took up the mantle of an educator.
  2. Through his ingenious experiments, the ordinary lab assistant took up the mantle of an educator.
  

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The use is correct; it is problematic how experimentation leads to a teaching position, however.

— Mister Micawber

  • The use is correct; it is problematic how experimentation leads to a teaching position, however.
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The use is correct; it is problematic how experimentation leads to a teaching position, however.
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That sounds better, yes.
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2 is the best use of the phrase.
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