FOR vs ON / FOR vs TO /ESPECIALLY WHEN vs SINCE

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Could you tell me which you would say or how you would say these please?

- Its too hot out for/to wear long sweat pants.
- The situation must be hard on/for you.
- I miss him very much; especially since/when I haven't seen him in 5 months.
- As the years pass, the kids that we take care of will be so much younger than us that./the younger the kids will be.

Thank you

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

- Its too hot out ~~for/~~to wear long sweat pants.
The pattern is too [Adjective] to [Verb]
or not [Adjective] enough to [Verb].

- The situation must be hard on/for you. Both OK. I prefer on.

- I miss him very much -- especially since~~/when~~ I haven't seen him in 5 months. I would punctuate this with '--' because the second part seems to be an added afterthought. when is also possible with the habitual meaning, i.e., if when = whenever.

- As the years pass, the kids that we take care of will be | so much younger than us that./the younger the kids will be. ??? This one isn't making a lot of sense to me. I'm not sure what you're aiming at. It's fine up to the bar; after that, I'm lost.

CJ

Alc24 · Answer

Hi CJ, I came across this thread and here is what I meant and I had a couple of questions regarding FOR, ON, IN.

Here is what I was trying to say
How would you write it as I think the sentence needs help

As a young guidance counselor, you used to understand and relate to the students you took care of, now...

As the years pass, the age difference between you and the teenagers you take care of will get so big that we won't be able to understand them as you'll have grown too old.

One other thing How would you say this please?

1 This was such an amazing movie for/in/at/on it's time. Now it's outdated.

Are these both ok and natural or not please?

2 The more you progress in the game, the faster the car goes./As you go/progress, the car goes faster and faster. (video game)

Thank you very much

Alc24 · Answer

Hello CJ,

I'm having trouble correcting them and I explained to you the context.

Goodnight CJ

CalifJim · Answer

How would you write it ...
...
As the years pass, the age difference between you and the teenagers you take care of will ~~get so big~~ be so great that we you won't be able to understand them [as / because] you'll have grown too old.

CJ

CalifJim · Answer

How would you say this please?

1 This was such an amazing movie for/in~~/at/on~~ ~~it's~~ its time. Now it's outdated.
it's = it is. You don't mean for it is time.
in its time -- it was amazing then
for its time -- considering when it was made (e.g., when technology was less advanced)

Are these both ok and natural or not please?

2 [The ~~more~~ farther you progress in the game / The longer you play], the faster the car goes.

~~/As you go/progress~~, As you continue to play, the car goes faster and faster.

CJ

Alc24 · Answer

CJ,

I had 2 little question regarding Especially?

1 Especially since/when you said you'd be here at 9am, its not nice keeping people waiting.

2
I don't like putting cologne on especially when I'm with her.

(can you give me an example with ESPECIALLY WHEN & SINCE please?)

Thank you CJ so much

CalifJim · Answer

alc241 Especially since/when you said you'd be here at 9am, its not nice keeping people waiting.

2 I don't like putting cologne on especially when I'm with her.

It's not a matter of "especially". The sentence has to make sense first without "especially". Then you can add "especially", whether before "since" or "when" or "after" or "before" or "if" or ... wherever.

The first sentence needs to be revised. A general opinion like "It's not nice to keep people waiting" cannot be combined with a local fact like "You said you'd be here at 9 am". There's no logical connection. You're asking the reader to fill in a lot of extra information that you don't provide in the sentence. Try rewriting that one. You'll probably need more than one sentence to do it.

2 I don't like putting cologne on, especially when I'm with her. (All you need is a comma to fix this one.)

CJ

Alc24 · Answer

Would this be fine:

Especially since you said you'd be here at 9pm, your keeping us waiting wasn't nice of you.

Can I ask you one a few questions on the sentences above as I'm completely lost?

I'd like to explain something to you.

I understand that to use MORE you need to compare two things: Which means I think these are correct?

1 As the years go by I cry more and more./The more the years go by, the more I cry.

2 The later you take the subway, the larger the interval between trains will be./the few(er) trains there will be.

but you can't say:

As time goes by, the less you'll want to see her.

as you're comparing one thing???

I read in another post, Futurist (a memeber) said that "As time goes by, the less you'll want to see her." was the correct way of saying it,

I think it should be

As time goes by, you'll want to see her less and less.

In the following thread, there are examples, could you tell me how to say them please. I'll understand it so much better if you don't mind and have some time.

Thank you so much CJ

Alc24 · Answer

Hello CJ,

Just want to say sorry for the long post, but If you have a few minutes to help me I'd greatly appreciate it.

THank you

Banana blue 467 · Answer

Although the book has several themes, the most dominant theme is relationships and the significant role it plays in our lives. It is important that we surround ourselves with people who support and encourage us to grow into honorable and strong human beings. However, this may not always be possible; particularly, when the destructive influence may be our parents, as it was in the case of the boy.

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