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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Norm of VS norm for

Emails have become the norm for efficient communication.

I definitely thought a preposition after 'norm' is of not 'for' when I translated it from my mother tongue.

If we put of instead of 'for', the meaning of the sentence is a little different, isn't it ?

Emails have become the norm for efficient communication.

Emails have become the norm of efficient communication.
  

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moon7296 If we put of instead of 'for', the meaning of the sentence is a little different, isn't it ? Emails have become the norm for efficient communication. Emails have become the norm of efficient communication.

— Avangi

  • moon7296 If we put of instead of 'for', the meaning of the sentence is a little different, isn't it ?
  • Emails have become the norm for efficient communication.
  • Emails have become the norm of efficient communication.
  • To my ear, it is.
  • I take "for" as "the mode of choice for doing something.
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moon7296If we put of instead of 'for', the meaning of the sentence is a little different, isn't it ?
Emails have become the norm for efficient communication.
Emails have become the norm of efficient communication.
To my ear, it is.
I take "for" as "the mode of choice for doing something.

It's like ". . . . the method of
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Thank you for your answer!!

.................... I got the point!!

For is....... who...

of is.......... something..... yeah...

its diference is very subtle!!

Although I know there are a great many uses of of, I'm habitually reminded the basic use of of as in the point of this ~~~
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