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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
[For John], disaster occured
For John, the new year brought disaster.
[From my English grammar book in Korean]
I think "for" should be used when to the object of "for," positive is the detonation or connotation of the sentence of "it"
So I was wondering why it is "for John," not "to John."
Thank you in advance for your help.
[From my English grammar book in Korean]
I think "for" should be used when to the object of "for," positive is the detonation or connotation of the sentence of "it"
So I was wondering why it is "for John," not "to John."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon for John John was affected as a person. It was in the speaker's estimation that John experienced the year as a disaster. park sang joon to John John is just a place marker, the place where the disaster "went".
- park sang joon for John John was affected as a person.
- It was in the speaker's estimation that John experienced the year as a disaster.
- park sang joon to John John is just a place marker, the place where the disaster "went".
- A second interpretation is that John made an objective judgment that it was a disastrous year, but not necessarily for him.
- It may have been disastrous for someone else.
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park sang joonfor JohnJohn was affected as a person. It was in the speaker's estimation that John experienced the year as a disaster.
park sang joonto JohnJohn is just a place marker, the place where the disaster "went".
A second interpretation is that John made an objective judgment that it was a disastrous year, but
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Thank you, CalfJim, for yet another So very helpful answer from you. 
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