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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

am I missing a TO at the end?

Is there a preposition missing at the end?

If you do that, people will be late for whatever they are going.

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Since you focus the object and not place to is not needed there. I would express it this way: If you do that, people will be late in whatever they are going for .

— Vsuresh

  • Since you focus the object and not place to is not needed there.
  • I would express it this way: If you do that, people will be late in whatever they are going for .
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Since you focus the object and not place to is not needed there.
I would express it this way:
If you do that, people will be late in whatever they are going for.
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vsureshIf you do that, people will be late in whatever they are going for.
This seems very unnatural to me. People are not late "in" something. You are late for an event, or to a destination.

I'd say these options are correct:
If you do that, people will be late to wherever they are going.
If you do that, people will be
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Thank you, Khoff.
Please help me with the second one. I am not clear with the use of two prepositions 'for' and 'to'.
The person can go for something, or go to a place, or go to a place for something.
Can you give your views?
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Thank you, Khoff.Please help me with the second one. I am not clear with the use of two prepositions 'for' and 'to'.The person can go for something, or go to a place, or go to a place for something.Can you give your views?
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