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Alkendi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Difference between to and for

Look..
The moon is calling you.

See..
The stars are shining for you!

Listen..
The birds are singing to you!

Hear..
My heart says i miss you


why do we use for with" the starts are shining for you"

but with "the birds are singing to you"

please guys, when do we have to use "to" and "for"?

thanks in advance
  

Top answer

There is no difference in that that you are the addressee of the both the stars shinning and birds' singing. Unforunately, there are not many special rules how to use prepositions. The combinations of prepositions and adverbs with verbs are called phrasal verbs and have to be looked up in good dictionaries.

  • There is no difference in that that you are the addressee of the both the stars shinning and birds' singing.
  • Unforunately, there are not many special rules how to use prepositions.
  • The combinations of prepositions and adverbs with verbs are called phrasal verbs and have to be looked up in good dictionaries.
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There is no difference in that that you are the addressee of the both the stars shinning and birds' singing. Unforunately, there are not many special rules how to use prepositions. The combinations of prepositions and adverbs with verbs are called phrasal verbs and have to be looked up in good dictionaries. Nontheless, it is useful to observe the collocations of words during reading original Engl

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