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Mr. Tom Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
The use of "distinguishing feature"
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Could you please tell me if the use of the underlined phrases is correct? In fact, it is a conversation between A and B that how Jesus Christ was different from other prophets--what his speciality was.
Could you please tell me if the use of the underlined phrases is correct? In fact, it is a conversation between A and B that how Jesus Christ was different from other prophets--what his speciality was.
A- There have benn many, many prophets in the world. What was the distinguishing feature of Jesus Christ?
B- His distinguishing feature was that he could resurrect the dead.A- There have benn many, many prophets in the world. What was the distinctive feature of Jesus Christ?
B- His distinctive feature was that he could resurrect the dead.A- There have benn many, many prophets in the world. What was the distinguishing characteristic of Jesus Christ?
B- His distinguishing characteristic was that he could resurrect the dead.A- There have benn many, many prophets in the world. What was the distinctive characteristic of Jesus Christ?
B- His distinctive characteristic was that he could resurrect the dead.
Many thanks
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Given that I am extremely unlearned in comparative religion and in the level of respect with which we should approach the various prophets-- all 4 of your permutations seem grammatically and semantically fine and reasonable to me. I think that ' distinguishing ' is more obviously determinate than ' distinctive ' in terms of absolute identification.
- Given that I am extremely unlearned in comparative religion and in the level of respect with which we should approach the various prophets-- all 4 of your permutations seem grammatically and semantically fine and reasonable to me.
- I think that ' distinguishing ' is more obviously determinate than ' distinctive ' in terms of absolute identification.
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Given that I am extremely unlearned in comparative religion and in the level of respect with which we should approach the various prophets-- all 4 of your permutations seem grammatically and semantically fine and reasonable to me. I think that 'distinguishing' is more obviously determinate than 'distinctive' in terms of absolute identification.
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The only thing I can add to the above reply is that it's usually "He", rather than "he", when referring to Christ. So, in answer to the first one, it would normally read "His distinguishing feature was that He could resurrect the dead"
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