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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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in his nature

Which is correct please?
It is in his nature to be aggressive.
It's his nature to be aggressive.

It is in his true nature to be aggressive.
It's his true nature to be aggressive.

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The third one doesn't sound as natural. "In his nature" suggests it's part of his personality. " If you threaten my children, trust me, I can be aggressive.

  • The third one doesn't sound as natural.
  • "In his nature" suggests it's part of his personality.
  • " If you threaten my children, trust me, I can be aggressive.
  • It's in my nature to do so in that circumstance, but 99% of the time, I'm not at all aggressive.
  • It's not my natural response.
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The third one doesn't sound as natural.

"In his nature" suggests it's part of his personality. Simply being "his nature" suggests that it's more central to his personality, his "natural response."

If you threaten my children, trust me, I can be aggressive. It's in my nature to do so in that circumstance, but 99% of the time, I'm not at all aggressive. It's not my natural respons

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