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Kekel Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

invite for / to

Hey, folks!

When should we use invite for and invite to??

I invited you for a party
I invited you to a party
  

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Hi Kekel, These two sentences looks similar, but I think there is a big difference between them. In my opinion, you can't use the preposition for , if you are inviting someone to the specific action, like the party. In this case, I would use " I have invited/I invited you to a party ".

— JCDenton

  • Hi Kekel, These two sentences looks similar, but I think there is a big difference between them.
  • In my opinion, you can't use the preposition for , if you are inviting someone to the specific action, like the party.
  • In this case, I would use " I have invited/I invited you to a party ".
  • But for example, if "just" you want to drink/eat with someone, " you're inviting him for a drink/lunch ".
  • ;-) cheers, JCD.
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Hi Kekel,

These two sentences looks similar, but I think there is a big difference between them.

In my opinion, you can't use the preposition for , if you are inviting someone to the specific action, like the party. In this case, I would use "I have invited/I invited you to a party". But for example, if "just" you want to drink/eat with someone, "you're i
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Just so. Invite someone TO a party. Invite someone out FOR a drink.

But it's not a hard and fast rule. If you invite someone over TO dinner, it's clear enough. But what if you invite someone out FOR dinner? Does it sound like you're a cannibal?
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