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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"Cry about"

"Cry about / for / because of you." Is there nuance to tell among them? For example, I am not crying about /for/ because of you. Thank you as usual and I appreciate your precious time.
  

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Cry about / for you -- 'You' is the object of sadness. Cry because of you - - 'You' caused the sadness.

— Mister Micawber

  • Cry about / for you -- 'You' is the object of sadness.
  • Cry because of you - - 'You' caused the sadness.
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Cry about / for you -- 'You' is the object of sadness.
Cry because of you -- 'You' caused the sadness.
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Mister MicawberCry about / for you -- 'You' is the object of sadness.
I still feel like there is not much difference in meaning and Longman dictionary says "for" means "because of" and "about" means "why" sometimes. Sorry about taking your time a lot, but could you elaborate on it if you do not mind, and there is a song titled " Don't cry for me Argentina" I
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Anonymous Mister MicawberCry about / for you -- 'You' is the object of sadness.I still feel like there is not much difference in meaning and Longman dictionary says "for" means "because of" and "about" means "why" sometimes. Sorry about taking your time a lot, but could you elaborate on it if you do not mind, and there is a song titled " Don't cry for me Argentina" I thin
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Now, I got it. Thank you, but I think that in some cases, either one is fine like in "We could hardly see for /because of the mist" , posted from Longman dictionary and also like the conjunctions, "for" and "because". Do you agree about it? Thank you so much again!!
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