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June4ever Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Difference Between "To" and "For"

Hi, I've got a question.

"It's important to me" vs "It's important for me"

What's the difference between to and for in this case..

I guess there is nothing wrong with both of those sentences but do you feel any difference from each?

It's almost impossible to get the difference of it.
  

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Hiya June4ever In my opinion I would say that there is no significant difference. ", when I want to: 1. e.

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  • Hiya June4ever In my opinion I would say that there is no significant difference.
  • ", when I want to: 1.
  • e.
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Hiya June4ever

In my opinion I would say that there is no significant difference.

All I can say is that I would use "It's important for me...", when I want to:

1. make a stronger statement, i.e. I must/have to do it.

"It's important for me to learn English."

2. make a comparitive statement, i.e. have this rather than something else.

"My nei
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It's a very difficult subject - to use 'to'or 'for'

My family is very important to me. That is the right sentence.



a) I sent a letter to Mary. In that sentence I wrote a letter to Mary and sent it to her in another city, country...

b) I sent a letter for Mary. In that one Mary wrote a letter for someone and couldn't mail it th
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When you say that something is important TO you, you mean that it has meaning for yourself. For example, "I know that losing ten pounds doesn't seem important to you, but it's important to me."

To a native English speaker, it's incomplete to say something is important FOR you. It says that there is something you must do that is important (to someone). "For the sake of my health,
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I always think of "for" in the sense of "on the behalf", whereas "to" gives me the idea of movement, towards.
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01. A thing is important to you. (Noun or Gerund)02br
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00 Example: Your studies are important to you. (Studying is important to you.)02br
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002. Doing something is important for you. (to + Verb)02br
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00 It is important for you to study.0-
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0the difference between in this matter and on this matter.0-
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00Context can make a lot of difference. Very generally speaking, 'on this matter' suggests one or more of the people in the context is not directly inv
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0to me is straight to yourself, involving nobody else. (here ya are the recepient, e.g: Happy birthday to ya)02br
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00for me is more like a third inclusion, e.g. : Could ya do that for me? (you are not the direct recepient)02br
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00Actually, in real life, we mix both and Americans do that all the time.02br
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00Hope it helps ya.
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0 To walk you must use your legs. To go you might not need them. You can go by car or by train or by plane, etc.02br
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