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Jandi Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Profession
Is this sentence well-formed and natural?
- He is a farmer by profession.
Thank you very much.
- He is a farmer by profession.
Thank you very much.
Top answer
Yes. "by trade" is sometimes used the same way. He's a farmer by profession.
- Yes.
- "by trade" is sometimes used the same way.
- He's a farmer by profession.
- He's a carpenter by trade.
- In the old days, it might have been unusual to call farming a profession.
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Yes. "by trade" is sometimes used the same way.
He's a farmer by profession.
He's a carpenter by trade.
In the old days, it might have been unusual to call farming a profession.
Nowadays, that's what it has come to be.
Doctors and lawyers occupy the quintessential "professions".
He's a farmer by profession.
He's a carpenter by trade.
In the old days, it might have been unusual to call farming a profession.
Nowadays, that's what it has come to be.
Doctors and lawyers occupy the quintessential "professions".
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