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Hello, teachers!
Please help me with these!

1. It was a real revelation to/for me when/that Jane visited

to/in The Hague.
Q1. Can we use either "to" or "for"?
Q2. Can we use either "when" or "that"?
Q3. Can we omit "me" here?
Q4. Which is correct, "to" or "in"?

2. It was a real revelation for Americans when President Bush visited (to/in) Iraq.
Q5. Can we use or omit "to/in" here?

Thank you very much.
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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

Hmm.

1a. It was a real revelation for me when Jane visited

in The Hague.
1b. It was a real revelation to me that Jane visited

in The Hague.
1c. It was a real revelation for me that Jane visited

in The Hague.
1d. It was a real revelation to me when Jane visited

in The Hague.

Q1 and Q2: I can't find any hard difference among them. My own preference is for: 'It was a real revelation when Jane visited

in The Hague.'

Q3: If you omit 'me' it opens the remote possibility that she visited someone else or, more likely, a larger group (for instance, your company).

Q4: 'In' as I indicated in 1.

2. It was a real revelation for Americans when President Bush visited Iraq.

Q5: You not only can, you must omit the preposition. 'Visit' takes no preposition for the direct object. You can 'visit me in Iraq', you can 'visit a museum in Iraq', you can 'visit Iraq'.

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