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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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make a living

How would you write:
He makes a living using with his voice. He does anything from dubbing to...
He makes money on his voice.
  

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" (one or the other) He makes a living with/using his voice. " "He does anything" could be taken as a pejorative : ( He's scraping the bottom of the barrel. ) "He does everything" is more praiseworthy!

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  • " (one or the other) He makes a living with/using his voice.
  • " "He does anything" could be taken as a pejorative : ( He's scraping the bottom of the barrel.
  • ) "He does everything" is more praiseworthy!
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You need to choose between "using" and "with." (one or the other)

He makes a living with/using his voice. You could also say, "He makes a living by using his voice."

"Anything" works, but I'd use "everything."

"He does anything" could be taken as a pejorative:
(He's scraping the bottom of the barrel. --- Any ol' port in a storm.)
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What do you think of He makes money on his voice or He makes money off (of) his voice.
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They'd be understood, but I can't recommend using either one of them.
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