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Surewhynot Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

$500 will be rewarded to those who finish the race.
Is this sentence correct? I am wondering if "rewarded" should be "awarded"? Thank you for your help.
  

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Say 'awarded'. Is that to the winner, or to be divided among all the people who finsh? Clive

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  • Is that to the winner, or to be divided among all the people who finsh?
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Say 'awarded'.

Is that to the winner, or to be divided among all the people who finsh?

Clive
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That sentence was just an example sentence. The intended meaning of the sentence is that $500 would be awarded to each of the people who finish the race. It doesn't make much sense. I suppose I could change the sentence to "$500 will be awarded to the winner of the race." What is your reason for saying "awarded" instead of "rewarded"?
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Hi,

The syntax is different for these two verbs.

You award something to someone [ for something ]
You reward someone for something.

Clive
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