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Quaerereverum Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

A tendency for/ of

Hello,

1) I saw both prepositions on the Internet! Which one is correct?
2) Is my sentence is proper?

X is defined as a tendency for/ of people to meet expectation placed on them.

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means that these people try to influence in others. I hope I have helped you MR

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  • means that these people try to influence in others.
  • I hope I have helped you MR
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I think the different is that tendency for people...means that you try to influence in these people, and tendency of people...means that these people try to influence in others.
I hope I have helped you
MR
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Actually, I prefer "to" to either of the others.
quaereeverum1) I saw both prepositions on the Internet! Which one is correct?2) Is my sentence is proper?
Sentence #1 is fine. Sentence #2 needs to have the second "is" deleted.
quaereeverumX is defined as a tendency for/ of people to meet expectation placed on them.
Sorry, I m
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OK, I think maybe I have the same question,thank you for your answer
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Thank you so much Avangi for the elaborate explanation.Emotion: rose
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AvangiWe'd say, "He has a tendency to eat too fast." There is a tendency for people to eat too fast. I notice the tendency of people to eat too fast.These are all okay.I'd use a different preposition in each case.
Technically you are using "to" as the preposition in all of those cases. "for people" and "of people" are just small prepositional phrases that fall
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