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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Linguistics Studies
English test grammar question.
I am an English teacher in Japan and I have been coming across a lot of sentences that seem strange to me. I was wondering if you could answer some questions.
One of the Japanese teachers put this question on a test.
"Her make up is always ( ) to the occasion"
And the answer is "appropriate". This is a question from a English test book.
The teacher asked me if this sentence was strange and I told him yes. Not because it is funny, but grammatically. I would never say "appropriate to" unless it was followed by a verb, for example:
"It is appropriate to bow when meeting someone in Japan."
After thinking about it I told him that I would use "to" before verbs and "for" before nouns.
Is this correct? Is the text book incorrect?
I realize that there are many things that I use as natural English that go against the rules and that this could be my mistake.
Thanks in advance
One of the Japanese teachers put this question on a test.
"Her make up is always ( ) to the occasion"
And the answer is "appropriate". This is a question from a English test book.
The teacher asked me if this sentence was strange and I told him yes. Not because it is funny, but grammatically. I would never say "appropriate to" unless it was followed by a verb, for example:
"It is appropriate to bow when meeting someone in Japan."
After thinking about it I told him that I would use "to" before verbs and "for" before nouns.
Is this correct? Is the text book incorrect?
I realize that there are many things that I use as natural English that go against the rules and that this could be my mistake.
Thanks in advance
Top answer
Appropriate to/for are both correct. It is idiomatic to this adjective, perhaps. Her makeup is always appropriate to/for the occasion.
- Appropriate to/for are both correct.
- It is idiomatic to this adjective, perhaps.
- Her makeup is always appropriate to/for the occasion.
- It is never inappropriate to/for the occasion .
- but: It is right/wrong for the occasion.
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Appropriate to/for are both correct. It is idiomatic to this adjective, perhaps.
Her makeup is always appropriate to/for the occasion.
It is never inappropriate to/for the occasion.
but:
It is right/wrong for the occasion.
It is well-suited to the occasion.
It is correct for the occasion.
It is apropos of the occasion.
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