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Mr1bin Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Apply for or to?
I failed to get into the university I applied for.
I managed to get into the school I had applied to.
I read these two sentences. Why do they use different prepositions? please explain this to me thank you.
I managed to get into the school I had applied to.
I read these two sentences. Why do they use different prepositions? please explain this to me thank you.
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I don't think I have seen the first used. More commonly: apply to a school or university apply for a job why? I don't know.
- I don't think I have seen the first used.
- More commonly: apply to a school or university apply for a job why?
- I don't know.
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I don't think I have seen the first used. More commonly:
apply to a school or university
apply for a job
why? I don't know.
apply to a school or university
apply for a job
why? I don't know.
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They vary because the university can be considered either the goal or the agent:
I applied to the government for my passport.
I applied to the government for my passport.
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