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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Difference between ''for me'' and ''to me''?
What is the main difference between these two?
For example, when I want to express that a movie was too dark/ scary for me (again, I use for).
Should I say The movie was too dark for me or The movie was too dark to me?
When I think about, for me sounds very selfish, although the movie was not made for me, I just express that FOR me it was dark, FOR some other person the movie would seem alright.
It's almost like:''For you, it seems normal, but for me it doesn't.'' or is that sentence wrong, too? Should it be to instead of for?
But to me sounds a bit clumsy in my opinion. In some other sentence, like ''Why are you so mean to me?'' it's logical to use to, but if a sentence expresses opinion, then I often don't know whether I should use for me or to me, the same is with for you and to you.
It's probably difficult for me/ to me because in first language, Estonian, has (a) very different grammar structure.
Basically, any ideas which is better to use when I express my opinion about something?
For example, when I want to express that a movie was too dark/ scary for me (again, I use for).
Should I say The movie was too dark for me or The movie was too dark to me?
When I think about, for me sounds very selfish, although the movie was not made for me, I just express that FOR me it was dark, FOR some other person the movie would seem alright.
It's almost like:''For you, it seems normal, but for me it doesn't.'' or is that sentence wrong, too? Should it be to instead of for?
But to me sounds a bit clumsy in my opinion. In some other sentence, like ''Why are you so mean to me?'' it's logical to use to, but if a sentence expresses opinion, then I often don't know whether I should use for me or to me, the same is with for you and to you.
It's probably difficult for me/ to me because in first language, Estonian, has (a) very different grammar structure.
Basically, any ideas which is better to use when I express my opinion about something?
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Well, I read it all, but most of it is still confusing. The answers suggest that there's hardly any difference between for and to, but when I try both prepositions with different sentences, they feel very different. Oh well, I'll google more.
Thanks anyway.
Thanks anyway.
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Now in this case when someone says "Have a nice day" which of the two is the correct reply: "The same to you" or "The same for you" I mean that in Spanish we use For but in English is the Question!
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"Same to you." (the article would most likely be dropped)
However, most people will simply respond with "You too."
However, most people will simply respond with "You too."
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