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Saltukhan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Mozart and a sentence about him

"Gifted though he was by remarkable natural musical talent, Mozart seemed to have had little knack for the necessities of social life at court."

I can't understand this sentence completely. Please help me to understand it.

Mozart had a remarkable natural musicial talent.
He could use this talent to socialize
is this the meaning?
  

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Saltukhan Mozart had a remarkable natural musicial talent. He could use this talent to socialize is Is this the meaning? The first part, yes.

— CalifJim

  • Saltukhan Mozart had a remarkable natural musicial talent.
  • He could use this talent to socialize is Is this the meaning?
  • The first part, yes.
  • The second part, no.
  • Mozart had a remarkable natural musical talent, but he was not at all good at understanding and following the social conventions that were expected of him when he was among royalty.
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SaltukhanMozart had a remarkable natural musicial talent.
He could use this talent to socialize
is Is this the meaning?

The first part, yes. The second part, no.

Mozart had a remarkable natural musical talent, but he was not at all good at under
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Essentially, this sentence says that Mozart was talented, but lacked class/ social grace.
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