What is the difference between a noun modified by of and a noun modified by an adjective?
What is the difference of nuance between "a man of culture" and "a
cultured man"?
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What is the difference of nuance between "a man of culture" and "a
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What is the difference of nuance between "a man of culture" and "a
cultured man"?
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What is the difference of nuance between "a man of culture" and "a
cultured man"?
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There is no systematic difference: every case is individual. Forms with "of" are usually more formal, and sometimes quite stilted.
In some cases, they are synonymous or nearly so. Sometimes there is a difference in connotation. Sometimes the meanings are quite different, or one form barely exists.
Your example, with "culture" is in the first group: hardly any difference in meaning.
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Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
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There is no systematic difference: every case is individual. Forms with "of" are usually more formal, and sometimes quite stilted.
In some cases, they are synonymous or nearly so. Sometimes there is a difference in connotation. Sometimes the meanings are quite different, or one form barely exists.
Your example, with "culture" is in the first group: hardly any difference in meaning.
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
add a comment |
There is no systematic difference: every case is individual. Forms with "of" are usually more formal, and sometimes quite stilted.
In some cases, they are synonymous or nearly so. Sometimes there is a difference in connotation. Sometimes the meanings are quite different, or one form barely exists.
Your example, with "culture" is in the first group: hardly any difference in meaning.
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
add a comment |
There is no systematic difference: every case is individual. Forms with "of" are usually more formal, and sometimes quite stilted.
In some cases, they are synonymous or nearly so. Sometimes there is a difference in connotation. Sometimes the meanings are quite different, or one form barely exists.
Your example, with "culture" is in the first group: hardly any difference in meaning.
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
There is no systematic difference: every case is individual. Forms with "of" are usually more formal, and sometimes quite stilted.
In some cases, they are synonymous or nearly so. Sometimes there is a difference in connotation. Sometimes the meanings are quite different, or one form barely exists.
Your example, with "culture" is in the first group: hardly any difference in meaning.
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
answered 2 days ago
Colin Fine
63.7k170160
63.7k170160
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
add a comment |
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Thank you so much
– Stud
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
Would you consider a drunken lout on a city street to (at the time) be a man of (a regional) culture—but not be a cultured man?
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
@JasonBassford: No. There is a significant difference between a man of culture and a man of a culture.
– Colin Fine
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
I presume you would also think there is a difference between a man of culture and a man (who comes) from culture? I'm sure I agree with you—yet something tells me there's a subtle difference between a man of culture and a cultured man (or at least between those constructs in general) that I can't quite put my finger on. Something more than just formality.
– Jason Bassford
2 days ago
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