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Sentence #332189

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 Shishir Shishir February 25, 2011 February 25, 2011 at 3:45:59 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

please, add a dot (.) at the end of the sentence :)

earthsophagus earthsophagus August 13, 2020 August 13, 2020 at 1:30:30 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I am a native speaker, U.S. I have never heard a usage similar to this and wouldn't know what it meant. Knack of + gerund would make some sense, "knack of insulting her family" would be a little odd but okay. This article says "knack of" is more widely used in UK:

https://english.stackexchange.c...-in-a-sentence

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She showed a knack of insults

added by awael58, April 25, 2009
She showed a knack of insults.

edited by Shishir, March 19, 2011
➜ #10482959Przejawiała talent do obelg.

linked by hecko, November 3, 2021