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MustAsk Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Make change of

Hi

I wonder if there's a difference between

He could not make change for ten dollars.
He could make change of ten dollars.

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The situation is that you offer a $10 bill in payment of an item selling at less than $10, and ‘he’ cannot provide you with the difference in change. ” This is the better answer.

— Wilpeter

  • The situation is that you offer a $10 bill in payment of an item selling at less than $10, and ‘he’ cannot provide you with the difference in change.
  • ” This is the better answer.
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The situation is that you offer a $10 bill in payment of an item selling at less than $10, and ‘he’ cannot provide you with the difference in change.
“He could not make change for ten dollars.” This is the better answer.
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Sorry, I'm so sloppy, the second sentence should have read "he could not make change of ten dollars".

I'm wondering, can the difference be that in "make change for" means to be for example the cashier who makes change and in "make change of" means to be the recipient of that change?

For example:

The cashier could not make change for ten dollars.

All he ne
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MustAskmake change of
I think this may have been used years ago, but today we say these:

The cashier could not make change for ten dollars.
All he needed was a five dollar bill, but he could not get change for the ten dollars he had.

CJ
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