characteristic of /to him

Antonella25 · July 31, 2012, 8:22am

Hello!
In the sentence: 'That behaviour is really characteristic…him."
Which is the best option: characteristic of him or characteristic to him?
Thank you for your time!

Beeesneees · July 31, 2012, 9:27am

characteristic of him.

Sentenc_Correction · July 31, 2012, 4:13pm

That behaviour is really characteristic of him."
Could you explain the sentence I can’t work out with the sentence?

Beeesneees · July 31, 2012, 8:43pm

It is typical of the way he would behave.

Sentenc_Correction · October 8, 2012, 2:20pm

That behavior is real characteristics of him.
Is this correct?

Beeesneees · October 8, 2012, 9:03pm

no

Allifathima · October 9, 2012, 3:10am

Beeesneees,

That behavior is real(adj) characteristics(n) of him.
That behaviour is really(adj/adv) characteristic(n) of him.
Please explain how the #1 is wrong grammatically?
Their Personal(adj) characteristics(n) are different.
In this sentence we are using adjective before noun.
Please clarify my doubt.

Esl_Expert · October 9, 2012, 3:59am

Allifathima:

[color=red]1. That behavior is real(adj) characteristics(n) of him.
[color=blue]You might say something such as this, for example: That behavior demonstrates some of his worst/best characteristics.
(Note that I’ve used the possessive ‘his’.)

That behaviour is really([color=red]adj/adv) characteristic([color=red]n [color=blue]adj) of him.
[color=blue]The word ‘characteristic’ is NOT a noun in this sentence but rather an adjective. The word ‘really’ is an adverb, modifying the adjective ‘characteristic’. The collocation ‘really characteristic’ basically means ‘very typical’.

Please explain how the #1 is wrong grammatically?
3. Their Personal(adj) characteristics(n) are different.
[color=blue]This sentence is fine as long as you do not use a capital ‘P’ in the word ‘personal’.
In this sentence we are using adjective before noun. [color=blue]Yes.

Anglophile · October 9, 2012, 4:05am

Yes, it is ‘characteristic of’, as Bev has said.

Allifathima · October 9, 2012, 8:24am

Beeesneees,

It was characteristic of him to offer to help at once.
It was characteristics of him to offer to help at once.
Which one of the two is correct?

Beeesneees · October 9, 2012, 6:18pm

The first one, exactly as it is used above.