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Hrsanei Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Choice of preposition

Hi.

Which preposition is more common and better?Are both correct?

I hope everything is going well for/with you.

Thanks
  

Top answer

Although either is correct, "for" is much more commonly used. I don't know that one is really better than the other, because either would be easily understood. -S

— Sbolton

  • Although either is correct, "for" is much more commonly used.
  • I don't know that one is really better than the other, because either would be easily understood.
  • -S
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Although either is correct, "for" is much more commonly used. I don't know that one is really better than the other, because either would be easily understood.

-S
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hrsaneiI hope everything is going well for/with you.
They're both correct.

To my ear, with suggests a vacuous remark of a very general nature.

for suggests a reference to a specific situation the listener has previously mentioned. With for, I hear a little voice in my head adding "with respect to X", where X might be "
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Thank you very much Sbolton.

Thank you very much Jim for your explanation.
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