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Yolandaprieto
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What should we use THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN or HIS SKIN COLOUR?
Are both correct?
Thanks in advance for your help
Yolanda
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14 Dec 2013
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cunliffe
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They are both correct, however, I think there is a slight difference in nuance. Skin colour - descriptive. The colour of his skin - would be used in a slightly more political way e.g. �Nelson Mandela �s skin colour was black. Nelson Mandela was proud of the colour of his skin. �
However, �the colour of his skin� is quite natural in any utterance. I don�t really like �skin colour�. |
15 Dec 2013
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