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Idioms - Native to Vs. Native of Post Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:31 pm
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    The Red-tailed Sportive Lemur are, as all lemurs, native to Madagascar.

    A. are, as all lemurs, native to
    B. are, like all lemurs, native of
    C. is, as all lemurs, native of
    D. is, like all lemurs, native of
    E. is, like all lemurs, native to


    Someone can explain to me what is the difference between Native to and Native of

    OA is E .

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    Post Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:27 pm
    this is confusing..


    but isnt the right idiom " a native of"...??? and not "native of"


    IS thats the reason...???


    Not confident...


    More comments pls..

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    Post Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:46 pm
    The right idiom is "a native of" not native of

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    Post Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:18 pm
    Xbond,

    'be native to' indicates a characteristics whereas 'native of' does not!
    e.g.:
    *- There is a unique business culture native to the U.S.
    *- There is a unique business culture native to the U.S.

    *-(referred from http://www.800score.com/guidec4view1i.html)

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    Post Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:01 pm
    Xbond wrote:
    The Red-tailed Sportive Lemur are, as all lemurs, native to Madagascar.

    A. are, as all lemurs, native to
    B. are, like all lemurs, native of
    C. is, as all lemurs, native of
    D. is, like all lemurs, native of
    E. is, like all lemurs, native to


    Someone can explain to me what is the difference between Native to and Native of

    OA is E .
    I would have choosen E straight away. Because I had seen examples at various places that whereever we are talking about animals like in this case native to is used..

    to use native of.. Rob is a native of Spain.

    Please correct if am wrong. Thanks!

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:28 am
    i am totally agree with kiranlegend.......same i am doing.....

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:50 am
    Oops, I wanted to give two different examples in my post! Here is the second one.

    - It infects those who are not even a native of America

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:16 am
    Yep - so here is something I came across:

    - He is a native of Australia
    - A Kangaroo is native to Australia

    In the first case, native of Australia- is a noun.
    In the second case, native to Australia - the word native is an adjective.

    Option E is perfect, since it matches the idiom, and singular.

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    Post Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:15 pm
    many thks guys

    It's clear now

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