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Siavash Moghaddasian Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Knack (instinctive or acquired?)

Hi everyone.

I'm wondering whether "knack" is a natural and instinctive ability or an acquired ability.

This is from Cambridge dictionary:

a http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/skill or an http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ability to do something http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/easily and well:

Is it a instinctive ability or acquired ability?

  

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I think it can be either, depending on context. He has a natural knack for those kinds of problems. Keep trying -- eventually you'll get the knack.

  • I think it can be either, depending on context.
  • He has a natural knack for those kinds of problems.
  • Keep trying -- eventually you'll get the knack.
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I think it can be either, depending on context.

He has a natural knack for those kinds of problems.
Keep trying -- eventually you'll get the knack.

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