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Where did you see that? It is a term used mostly for Asian languages I imagine that '(as) for' can be considered a subject marker because it does mark the topic, as in 'For me, English is a hard language.'
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As for me, I think English neither has nor needs subject markers.
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Mister MicawberWhere did you see that? It is a term used mostly for Asian languages I imagine that '(as) for' can be considered a subject marker because it does mark the topic, as in 'For me, English is a hard language.'"The 'for' in 'for you to find' is a grammatically different word: it's the subject marker of the infinitive."
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AnonymousWhy is the preposition "for" called a subject marker?I think that, for those who make the distinction, the point is that "for" is not a preposition when it's a subject marker — any more than "to" is a preposition when it stands before a verb.
It's called a subject marker because it marks a subject. In a "for ... to ..." clause. Obvi
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