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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

for or on difference

Are both 'for' and 'on' possible? And is there a difference in meaning?

What are you doing 'for' valentine's day?
What are you doing 'on' valentine's day?
  

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Anonymous Are both 'for' and 'on' possible? Yes. Anonymous And is there a difference in meaning?

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  • Anonymous Are both 'for' and 'on' possible?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous And is there a difference in meaning?
  • Yes, it's possible.
  • What are you doing for V alentine's day?
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AnonymousAre both 'for' and 'on' possible?
Yes.
AnonymousAnd is there a difference in meaning?
Yes, it's possible.

What are you doing for Valentine's day?
Answer: I'm going buy a box of chocolates and a dozen roses for my sweetheart and take her to dinner in a romantic restaurant. I have to make reserva
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AlpheccaStarsYes, it's possible.
Thank you. So do you mean that they could be seen as the same or there could be a difference? In certain cases they have the same meaning and in others nor, or is there that difference all the time?
AlpheccaStarsWhat are you doing for Valentine's day?
That sentence with 'for' seems to be sole
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AnonymousThat sentence with 'for' seems to be solely related to the occasion, right?
Yes, it usually is interpreted as "What are your plans to celebrate this special day?"
AnonymousThat sentence with 'on' may not be related to the occasion only and some one may not be doing anything for that occasion, right?
Yes.
What a
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