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Originally Posted by engee30  How to distinguish the difference (if there is any) between 'gift of (doing) something' and 'gift for (doing) something'?
For example:
She has a gift for interpreting dreams.... |
Or
She has the exceptional gift of being able to interpret dreams.
(It looks, from this example, that
a requires
for and
the requires
of. But it's late, and I'll have to think about it further before suggesting this as a
rule.)
b