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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
As a reward to / for the man
Can I say,
Last fortnight, Madam Sushil gave money as a reward to / for the man.
Last fortnight, Madam Sushil gave money as a reward to / for the man.
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Vincent Teo, 'Last fortnight' is by no means incorrect, though infrequent and may be rephrased to comply with standard usage. Concerning the second part of your message, its grammatical realisation depends on the meaning conveyed. If the speaker implies that Madam Sushil rewarded someone for catching a runaway criminal ( the man ), for example, then the use of for is undisputed.
- Vincent Teo, 'Last fortnight' is by no means incorrect, though infrequent and may be rephrased to comply with standard usage.
- Concerning the second part of your message, its grammatical realisation depends on the meaning conveyed.
- If the speaker implies that Madam Sushil rewarded someone for catching a runaway criminal ( the man ), for example, then the use of for is undisputed.
- One possible objection to this construction is that give is a ditransitive verb usually requiring two objects.
- In this light, the sentence can be modified as follows: A couple of weeks ago, Madam Sushil gave the man (the) money/gave (the) money to the man as a reward.
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Vincent Teo,
'Last fortnight' is by no means incorrect, though infrequent and may be rephrased to comply with standard usage.
Concerning the second part of your message, its grammatical realisation depends on the meaning conveyed. If the speaker implies that Madam Sushil rewarded someone for catching a runaway criminal (the man), for example, then the use of for i
'Last fortnight' is by no means incorrect, though infrequent and may be rephrased to comply with standard usage.
Concerning the second part of your message, its grammatical realisation depends on the meaning conveyed. If the speaker implies that Madam Sushil rewarded someone for catching a runaway criminal (the man), for example, then the use of for i
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