Propensities (plural) possible?
According to the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, the word "propensity" is countable but usually used in the singular.
Is it possible to use the word "propensity" in the following way?
He has two propensities, a propensity to be easily provoked to laughter and a propensity for carelessly making people get angry.
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Snappy Is it possible to use the word "propensity" in the following way? He has two propensities, a propensity to be easily provoked to laughter and a propensity for carelessly making people get angry. Possible but not typical.
- Snappy Is it possible to use the word "propensity" in the following way?
- He has two propensities, a propensity to be easily provoked to laughter and a propensity for carelessly making people get angry.
- Possible but not typical.
- We don't often actually count propensities and mention the number (as in "two propensities").
- In your sentence, we'd probably say He has a propensity to be easily ...
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SnappyIs it possible to use the word "propensity" in the following way?
He has two propensities, a propensity to be easily provoked to laughter and a propensity for carelessly making people get angry.
Possible but not typical. We don't often actually count propensities and mention the number (as in "two propensities"). In your sentence, we'd
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