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Beatutiful heart Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

For or of

Hey, telling a right preposiiton between of or for is something i always struggle witt.

Can you give me the correct one for this phrase, or if both are right, then can you bring me the difference in meaning of each phrase?

The context for this phrase is who is behind the blast?

- who is the orchestrator of the blast?

- who is the orchcestrator for the blast ?

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"of" is used as a quantifier or a qualifier . fond of mangoes, afraid of ghosts, (qualifiers) so many kilos of potato (quantifier).. Of the blast, means who did it, who started it, who created it, "for the blast", who is going to pay for it, sponsor it, or what have you...

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  • "of" is used as a quantifier or a qualifier .
  • fond of mangoes, afraid of ghosts, (qualifiers) so many kilos of potato (quantifier)..
  • Of the blast, means who did it, who started it, who created it, "for the blast", who is going to pay for it, sponsor it, or what have you...
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"of" is used as a quantifier or a qualifier . fond of mangoes, afraid of ghosts, (qualifiers) so many kilos of potato (quantifier).. Of the blast, means who did it, who started it, who created it, "for the blast", who is going to pay for it, sponsor it, or what have you...
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