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I am writing a short story that carries the line, 'He was a gifted practitioner of sixty two years." The central character of the story is sixty two years old, but does this line imply as such or does it come across as being how many years he has been a doctor?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
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Either of the suggestions from Mutley or Flyingtart sound good, but I would ask a gifted practitioner of what? Do you mean he is a doctor, because practitioner to me suggests a number of things he could be doing. This may be nit-picking, as you may have made his proffession clear earlier.
Would it be better to qualify practice with the word general - making him a General Practitioner? (I'm jumping to conclusions here though, this might not be taking place in the UK)
Even giving Practitioner a capital P would clarify a career.
How about simplifying it to something like,
"At 62, he was a gifted General Practitioner"
Sorry, hope this doesn't come across as pedantic - hope it helps!
CC. Think you've clocked it there. Quite brilliant.
By the way who's winning?
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Thanks again.