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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
A slap in the face "to / for" someone
Do you say "a slap in the face to someone" and "a slap in the face for someone" interchangeably?
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-01-06/article-2856742/Opposition-parties-cry-foul-over-rural-funding-for-city-concert-site/1
It’s a slap in the face to rural Islanders.
http://swlondoner.co.uk/content/0701755-my-big-mouth-increase-travel-fares-slap-face
As if the nation’s finances were not tight enough, the increase in travel fares is a slap in the face for passengers who rely on public transport.
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2012-01-06/article-2856742/Opposition-parties-cry-foul-over-rural-funding-for-city-concert-site/1
It’s a slap in the face to rural Islanders.
http://swlondoner.co.uk/content/0701755-my-big-mouth-increase-travel-fares-slap-face
As if the nation’s finances were not tight enough, the increase in travel fares is a slap in the face for passengers who rely on public transport.
Top answer
They are both correct, in the contexts in which they've been used. Therefore, they are not interchangeable.
- They are both correct, in the contexts in which they've been used.
- Therefore, they are not interchangeable.
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They are both correct, in the contexts in which they've been used.
Therefore, they are not interchangeable.
Therefore, they are not interchangeable.
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What is the difference, may I ask, between "a slap in the face to someone" and "a slap in the face for someone"?
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Hi,
In most contexts, there would be no real difference.
Perhaps 'to' suggests a bit more that the slap is deliberately aimed at the person.
Clive
In most contexts, there would be no real difference.
Perhaps 'to' suggests a bit more that the slap is deliberately aimed at the person.
Clive
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