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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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greedy "of" or greedy "for"?

"For" seems to be what's right.

But then we have "love of money" instead of love for money (which I think is also correct)/

Are both correct then?
  

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Anonymous wrote: greedy "of" or greedy "for"? (Original post) Anonymous But then we have "love of money" instead of love for money (which I think is also correct) I agree. " (Well, "love" is a noun and "greedy" is an adjective.

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  • Anonymous wrote: greedy "of" or greedy "for"?
  • (Original post) Anonymous But then we have "love of money" instead of love for money (which I think is also correct) I agree.
  • " (Well, "love" is a noun and "greedy" is an adjective.
  • ) Prepositions famously resist generalization anyway.
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Anonymous wrote: greedy "of" or greedy "for"? (Original post)
AnonymousBut then we have "love of money" instead of love for money (which I think is also correct)
I agree.

But I've never heard "greedy of money."

(Well, "love" is a noun a
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"greedy for" is correct.
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Anonymous"For" seems to be what's right.
It is.

CJ
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