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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Not for her

Are these correct:
1) I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them, and I was not wearing sneakers for her.
2) I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them, and I was not wearing sneakers, for her.
3) I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them, and for her, I was not wearing sneakers.

I don't think '1' works, but the other two do.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

T he combination of 'but' and 'and' makes all three sentences clumsy. Better is eg I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them so for her sake I was not wearing any.

— Clive

  • T he combination of 'but' and 'and' makes all three sentences clumsy.
  • Better is eg I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them so for her sake I was not wearing any.
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The combination of 'but' and 'and' makes all three sentences clumsy.
Better is
eg I normally wear sneakers, but I knew she did not like them so for her sake I was not wearing any.
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Thank you very much, Clive,

I see your point. Your sentence is much more elegant that the ones I had in my original post.

But I would like to know what you think of these two:

A) I was not wearing sneakers for her sake.
B) I was not wearing sneakers for her.

I think if there is no comma
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A. Yes, I agree with your analysis.

B Here, the phrase 'for her' seems unnatural to me.
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