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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on July 9, 2009 at 9:55pm

It's: Il est charpentier de métier. (not de son)

Il est médecin/professeur de formation.

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Permalink Reply by Crack1 on July 9, 2009 at 11:14pm

Thanks Marc

3.He is a carpenter by profession.
4.He is a doctor by profession.

I don't have to elaborate English sentences. You know better English than me.
How do you write the third and the fourth sentences in French?

Of course we could write the following:
Il est charpentier.
Il est médecin.

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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on July 10, 2009 at 2:47am

"You know better English than me"...? You were not saying this to me, were you? ^_^

As you said, you can just say:
Il est charpentier.
Il est médecin.

But also:
Il est charpentier de profession.
Il est médecin de profession.

Or:
Il exerce la profession de charpentier.
Il exerce la profession de médecin.

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