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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Cosiderate (or thoughtful) of you to do something

Hello,

Please look at this sentence: It's very thoughtful of you to bring flowers. I'm wondering why the preposition 'OF' was used, not 'FOR'. I would very much appreciate any explanation. Thanks.
  

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Hi, It's really just an idiomatic way of describing your behaviour or, you might say, one of your characteristics that is shown by your behaviour in some way. It's nice of you. It's unkind of you.

— Clive

  • Hi, It's really just an idiomatic way of describing your behaviour or, you might say, one of your characteristics that is shown by your behaviour in some way.
  • It's nice of you.
  • It's unkind of you.
  • It's sweet of you.
  • Idiomatic.
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Hi,

It's really just an idiomatic way of describing your behaviour or, you might say, one of your characteristics that is shown by your behaviour in some way.

It's nice of you.

It's unkind of you.

It's sweet of you.

Idiomatic.

Best wishes, Clive
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