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12-16-2009, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Koir View Post
I believe in the story there are two brothers in that family, so the heir to the kingdom is by no means clear. My revisions reflects that mainly due to previous knowledge of the story elements.
In that case, I would still call them 'heirs of their father' but I would still pose the question hypothetically 'Who will become the heir to the throne'. I didn't mean to sound like I was devaluing your own revisions, I'm just saying that in my experience I've heard 'heir to' much more often than 'heir of' in a situation like this.
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