From a different race, or Of a different race

Question

توی این جمله، چرا of different داریم؟ نمی شه from different باشه؟ تفاوت هاشون چیه؟

Do you think a person should be able to adopt a child of a different race?

Answer 1

Generally from imlpies a starting point; of implies a quality someone/something has. 

 

Both from and of are correct in your context. Of a different race indicates the origin and it makes race a particular quality describing the child. from a different race means the same here. However, be careful generalizing this to other contexts.For example it's OK to say,

 

a car of a differnt color (a quality describing the car) √

 

but it's not right to say 

 

a car from a differnt color (the starting point of the car wasn't a color) ×