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Vladv Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Glad of / for/ about

Do native speakers use "to be glad with for and of"? Are there the guidlines as to when one should use glad about/ of / for. Can you please provide the examples? Are there some patterns one could recognize

  

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In my US Middle-Atlantic dialect, "glad of" is obsolete. "

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In my US Middle-Atlantic dialect, "glad of" is obsolete. "Glad for" is possible but a little odd as an alternative to "happy for", as in "She finally found a nice boyfriend, and we're all glad/happy for her." "Glad about" is common, as in "She finally found a nice boyfriend, and we're all glad about it."

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'glad of' has mostly dropped out of use, though there are some literary uses of it you might still find.

'glad for' is possible, but not common. "We are glad for the help." (thankful)

You'll probably hear 'glad about' more than you'll hear the others.

Now I have something to be glad about.
Tom was very glad about the way things turned out.
Lucy went

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