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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Cure to vs cure for
Lockdown is no cure to Covid-19, but it gave India the time to ramp up its healthcare infrastructure.
I read the above in the TimesofIndia. Why do we use the preposition "to" and not the "for" after "cure" ?
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"cure for ~" is far more common. "cure to ~" may sound non-natural, and there seems no clear reason why it is used here. It could be that the writer had something else in his mind, such as "answer to".
- "cure for ~" is far more common.
- "cure to ~" may sound non-natural, and there seems no clear reason why it is used here.
- It could be that the writer had something else in his mind, such as "answer to".
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"cure for ~" is far more common. "cure to ~" may sound non-natural, and there seems no clear reason why it is used here. It could be that the writer had something else in his mind, such as "answer to".
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