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Isilia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
For your vacation? In your vacation?
Greetings,
A little kid asked me the difference between
"where did you go for your vacation?"
and
"where did you go in your vacation?"
The sentence with "for" sounds more like what we'd use, but I could not give him a rational explaination as to why the sentence with "for" is preferred, or this is just a peculiarity?
I know this is probably obvious to most of you, but can anyone help me to explain this?
(I told the kid I'll get back to him later arghhh >"<)
Thank you in advance
/bow
Isi
A little kid asked me the difference between
"where did you go for your vacation?"
and
"where did you go in your vacation?"
The sentence with "for" sounds more like what we'd use, but I could not give him a rational explaination as to why the sentence with "for" is preferred, or this is just a peculiarity?
I know this is probably obvious to most of you, but can anyone help me to explain this?
(I told the kid I'll get back to him later arghhh >"<)
Thank you in advance
/bow
Isi
Top answer
" Normal. 'For' really means 'for the purpose of vacationing'. " 'In' is not very idiomatic.
- " Normal.
- 'For' really means 'for the purpose of vacationing'.
- " 'In' is not very idiomatic.
- We commonly say ' on' when we are thinking of a vacation as a trip.
- ' The sentence with "for" sounds more like what we'd use,Yes but I could not give him a rational explaination as to why the sentence with "for" is preferred, or this is just a peculiarity?
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Hi,
A little kid asked me the difference between
"where did you go for your vacation?" Normal. 'For' really means 'for the purpose of vacationing'.
It's rather like saying 'Where did you go for dinner?'
and
"where did you go in your vacation?" 'In' is not very idiomatic. We commonly say 'on' when we are thinking of a vacation as a trip. It's rather l
A little kid asked me the difference between
"where did you go for your vacation?" Normal. 'For' really means 'for the purpose of vacationing'.
It's rather like saying 'Where did you go for dinner?'
and
"where did you go in your vacation?" 'In' is not very idiomatic. We commonly say 'on' when we are thinking of a vacation as a trip. It's rather l
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