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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Sleight of hand
Hi,
"I wish I could do tricks, but I don't have (the) sleight of hand."
I'm not sure if 'the' can be used here or if it should always be left out.
Thank you.
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Ann225 I'm not sure if 'the' can be used here 'the' is extremely rare with 'sleight of hand'. And so is 'have'. You can use sleight of hand (to deceive someone), but you don't have it.
- Ann225 I'm not sure if 'the' can be used here 'the' is extremely rare with 'sleight of hand'.
- And so is 'have'.
- You can use sleight of hand (to deceive someone), but you don't have it.
- I suppose that what you don't have is manual dexterity (the dexterity to do sleight-of-hand tricks).
- CJ
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Ann225I'm not sure if 'the' can be used here
'the' is extremely rare with 'sleight of hand'.
And so is 'have'. You can use sleight of hand (to deceive someone), but you don't have it. I suppose that what you don't have is manual dexterity (the dexterity to do sleight-of-hand tricks).
CJ
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