For when?
I accept the worries swimming in my head for when we return home; chores, lunch to prepare, phone calls to make.
Hello, everybody. Please help me with this confusing "for when". If we use only "when":
I accept the worries swimming in my head when we return home;
Is the meaning of the sentence still the same?
What does "for" exactly mean here? Because, until?
Thanks for your answer!
Top answer
"for when we return home" appears to be looking forward in anticpation of the problems waiting there. "when" alone might be understood to mean that "accept" happens at the same time as "return home".
- "for when we return home" appears to be looking forward in anticpation of the problems waiting there.
- "when" alone might be understood to mean that "accept" happens at the same time as "return home".
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"for when we return home" appears to be looking forward in anticpation of the problems waiting there. "when" alone might be understood to mean that "accept" happens at the same time as "return home".
0ptrenglishfor when
= for [that time / those occasions] (yet to come) when
I can't say that "worries ... for" is a common collocation, but that's what the text has. Here are some examples which I think are better. (It's extraordinary how often "for when" comes up in the subtitles of books.)
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