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Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this 'for' right?

Given the situation:

A: “Your skin looks healthy!”
B: “It's all thanks to this lotion.”
A: “You mean, thanks to me for buying you the lotion!”

Is it right for A to use ‘for’ in his dialogue?
  

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eipjoo Is it right for A to use ‘for’ in his dialogue? Yes, it is. )

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  • eipjoo Is it right for A to use ‘for’ in his dialogue?
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eipjooIs it right for A to use ‘for’ in his dialogue?
Yes, it is.

(I would not use a comma there.)
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Then, you mean the nominative of the gerund 'buying' could be omitted for anyone knows the nominative?
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eipjooThen, you mean the nominative of the gerund 'buying' could be omitted for anyone knows the nominative?
I don’t quite understand your question, eipjoo. By nominative, do you mean the subject? On second thought, I think it would be better to say You mean it’s [all] thanks to me for buying you the lotion!
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My question was for where is the subject of 'buying', the person who buys the lotion. I mean, does the sentence need to be said as 'thanks to me for my buying you' or 'thanks to me for me buying you'?
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eipjooI mean, does the sentence need to be said as 'thanks to me for my buying you'
Oh, certainly not. That would be faulty grammar. The original is fine.
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eipjooIs it right for A to use ‘for’ in his dialogue?
Yes. The implicit subject of the -ing word after "for" is always the same as the person who receives the thanks.

Be sure to thank Paul for bringing the documents.

Paul receives the thanks. Paul brought the documents.

Thank you for inviting me to your party.
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Yes, the meaning of "implicit subject" that's what I exactly what to say! Thank you.
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