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Goodgirl Posted 20 years ago
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in aid of

Could anyone help me to understand the meaning of the phrase: National Dress Day in aid of *** School? In other words is this Dress Day organized with the help of *** School or is it organized to help *** School?

Thanks a lot.
  

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in aid of = in support of . NDD is organized in order to help the school. If the school were helping, it would read ' with the aid of *** School' .

— Mister Micawber

  • in aid of = in support of .
  • NDD is organized in order to help the school.
  • If the school were helping, it would read ' with the aid of *** School' .
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in aid of = in support of. NDD is organized in order to help the school. If the school were helping, it would read 'with the aid of *** School'.
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A present? For me? What is it in aid of?
It means why do I get this?
I heard a loud scream in dead of night. I wonder what it was in aid of = why it happened.
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Thank you. Now I got it.
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