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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Knack

Are these sentences correct:



a) "Maybe President George W. Bush refused to write his biography because he didn't feel he had a KNACK to write."


b) "Maybe President George W. Bush refused to write his biography because he didn't feel he had a KNACK for writing."

  

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It's almost always "knack for ---ing", though you may occasionally see the form shown in your sentence a). If I were you I'd stick to the form in b). CJ

  • It's almost always "knack for ---ing", though you may occasionally see the form shown in your sentence a).
  • If I were you I'd stick to the form in b).
  • CJ
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It's almost always "knack for ---ing", though you may occasionally see the form shown in your sentence a).

If I were you I'd stick to the form in b).

CJ

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