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Yadoo86 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

For Vs Of

I always get problems when I tried using (Of and For) preposition ! Emotion: sad I know in some way they are quite similar. but I'm 100 percent sure each one uses in different cases. In my native language, for and of is just one word. So, I wonder if anyone can establish some rules for me. For example, Why we should use of NOT for in the following sentence:

Opening of our new building ceremony

Thanks in advance for replay.
  

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This is tricky, but in this instance, of means belonging to. So, for example, you could say the tail of the dog, and it would be the same as saying the dog's tail. But if you say the tail for the dog, the meaning would change...

— Vik0111

  • This is tricky, but in this instance, of means belonging to.
  • So, for example, you could say the tail of the dog, and it would be the same as saying the dog's tail.
  • But if you say the tail for the dog, the meaning would change...
  • Hope that helps...
  • Regards, Vik
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This is tricky, but in this instance, of means belonging to. So, for example, you could say the tail of the dog, and it would be the same as saying the dog's tail.

But if you say the tail for the dog, the meaning would change...

Hope that helps...

Regards,
Vik
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yadoo86Opening of our new building ceremony
I think you want

the opening ceremony for our new building

The word for here answers the question "Why?"

-- Why are you having an opening ceremony?
-- Because we have a new building. The ceremony is for the new building.

CJ
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