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"Addict to" vs "Addict of" Thu Jan 04, 2007 7:50 am  "Addict to" vs "Addict of"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me which one is better?

1- He soon became addict to heroin.
2- He soon became addict of heroin.

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"Addict to" vs "Addict of" Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:23 am  "Addict to" vs "Addict of"
 

Hi Tom

Firstly edit your sentences a little bit:
1. He soon became addicted to heroin
2. He soon became an addict of heroin.

The first sentence is emphasising the process and the second the substance.
So in no 2 he is addicted to heroin not speed or coke.
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"Addict to" vs "Addict of" Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:20 pm  "Addict to" vs "Addict of"
 

stew.t. wrote:
Hi Tom

Firstly edit your sentences a little bit:
1. He soon became addicted to heroin
2. He soon became an addict of heroin.

The first sentence is emphasising the process and the second the substance.
So in no 2 he is addicted to heroin not speed or coke.

Sorry, Stew, I meant an addict... Shocked

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"Addict to" vs "Addict of" Thu Jan 04, 2007 12:32 pm  "Addict to" vs "Addict of"
 

Hi Tom,

It's really simpler to say: He was a heroin addict.

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