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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"is big to me / for me"

The amount of the money is big to me / for me.

When I want to say the amount of money someone asks me to send is too much, which one is natural to you? Or do you have any good sentences to recommend?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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That amount is too high. That amount is too much. I cannot afford to send you that much money.

  • That amount is too high.
  • That amount is too much.
  • I cannot afford to send you that much money.
  • (natural)
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That amount is too high.
That amount is too much.
I cannot afford to send you that much money. (natural)
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Thank you so much and then when I want to use the word big, which preposition is natural?

The pants are too big to me / for me.
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He is too big for his britches. (an idiom)

Those pants are too big for me. They do not fit; they are too loose.

Those pants seem too big to me. They would not fit my baby now, but she will grow into them.

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