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Bepleased Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

It is necessary / suitable / good for the job.

Hi,This is my serious conundum. If anybody can clear up it, I will be extremely grateful. Does the three "for" mean "according to the needing of the job"?
  

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Yes, but the three adjectives have quite different meanings.

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  • Yes, but the three adjectives have quite different meanings.
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Yes, but the three adjectives have quite different meanings.
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By the way, there is my conundrum in the above????.( 1 ) English is hard to understand. That means that in connection with understanding, English is hard.??? ( 2 ) English is hard not to understand. That means that English is hard so that all may not understand.
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( 3 ) It's plain for all to see. That means that it's plain so that all may see it. .......( 4 ) It is difficult for someone in her position to think clear. That means that as regards someone in her position, it's difficult to think clear.
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In ( 2 ) English is hard not to understand. I made wrong explaination,and give remedy for wrong that English is so easy that everyone can understand it.
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My dictionary indicates an idtrinsic difference between the same "for"..............I can not give reason for that difference. ........The two "for" in the following sentences. ......( 1 ) It's plain for all to see. (of dictionary) That means that it's plain so that all may see it. .......( 2 ) It is difficult for someone in her position to think clear. (of dictionary) That means that as regards
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bepleased( 1 ) English is hard to understand. ...
..................( 2 ) English is hard not to understand.
..................( 3 ) English is not hard to understand.
( 1 ) Hard: [ Someone - understand - English ]
( 2 ) Hard: [ Someone - not understand - English ]
( 3 ) Not hard: [ Someone - understand - English ]

CJ
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Hello CJ,Why is the pitch of prepositions always lower than its objects?I'd make a bold guess at the answer.Here, prepositions stand for its own objects with its election of definition.
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That also means prepositiosn support its own objects with its election of definition. We use lower pitch to show the relationship that one supports another.
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In one supports another, another is agent of one----and we know the higher pitch used to show the expression it respresents is agent.So, in {of my book / in bad weather / the key of the year}, the agents is my book / bad weather / the year and by contrast, must sound higher pitch than prepositions.
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bepleasedand we know the higher pitch used to show the expression it respresents is agent.
The object of the preposition is a referring expression. It represents an entity in the real world.
The preposition shows a relationship. It is powerless to refer. It is never a referring expression.

So the object of the preposition is said with more stre
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