Hi
Is the use of for serious correct/natural English?
We were just fighting for fun--we were not fighting for serious.
Thanks,
Tom
Mr. Tom Is the use of for serious correct/natural English? No, it would be better to say that we were not serious .
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Mr. TomIs the use of for serious correct/natural English?
No, it would be better to say that we were not serious.
Mr. TomWe were just fighting for fun--we were not fighting forserious.real.
To preserve parallelism, use "real" instead of "serious" because "for serious" doesn't exist (far as I know).
CJ